Code: 1-MAT-551

Continuous assessment: Tests

Final assessment: Examination

Objective: To supplement and expand knowledge of geometry necessary for the study and understanding of the tools and methods of computer graphics.

Course syllabus:

  1. Euclidean spaces: Half-spaces, linear combinations of points.
  2. Curves: Methods of representation, tangent, Frenet frame, curve length, natural parametrisation, curvature, contact of curves.
  3. Surfaces: Methods of representation, curve on a surface, tangent plane, first and second fundamental forms of a surface, classification of points on a surface, normal curvature.

Literature:

Budinský, B.: Analytical and Differential Geometry. SNTL, Prague, 1983.
Farin, G.: Curves and Surfaces for Computer Aided Geometric Design: A Practical Guide. Academic Press, New York, 1990.
Boehm: Geometric Concepts for Geometric Design.
Electronic teaching texts.