Handbook on Geometric Programming Using Open Geometry Gl 2.0 (Electronic book text)

The Springer Handbook on Geometric Programming Using Open Geometry GL is a reference book on the practice of geometric programming with the help of a comprehensive library of geometric methods based on OpenGL routines, the industry standard open-source graphics API.; The programming system will run under various operating systems (Windows 2000, Windows NT, Unix and Linux) that support OpenGL.; Readers will find a complete compendium of all the methods and classes of Open Geometry.; One learns how to use them in theoretical and practical applications and how to realize one's own ideas in good programming style for 2-D and 3-D graphics.; Such diverse topics as elementary planar and spatial geometry, kinematics of 2- and 3-space, animations, mathematical curves and surfaces, fractals and Boolean operations are covered in this reference.; Both the geometric and the programming background are carefully explained, and many useful hints are given and typical programming problems explained in detail.