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UNINA9910143230703321 |
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Autore |
Paoluzzi Alberto |
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Geometric programming for computer aided design / / Alberto Paoluzzi ; with contributions from Valerio Pascucci [and three others] |
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Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , 2003 |
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©2003 |
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1-119-50912-2 |
9786610554102 |
0-470-01388-5 |
1-280-55410-X |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (945 pages) : illustrations |
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Geometric programming |
Computer-aided design |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Geometric Programming is currently of interest in CAD (Computer Aided Design) and related areas such as computer graphics, modeling and animation, scientific simulation and robotics. A growing interest towards gemotric programming is forecast in the next few years with respect to market specific CAD applications (e.g. for architecture and mechanical CAD) and web-based collaborative design environments.PLaSM is a general purpose functional language to compute with geometry which the authors use throughout their text. The PLaSM language output produces VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) files which are used to create virtual worlds. PLaSM blends the powerful algebraic approach to programming developed at IBM research, with a dimension-independent approach to geometric data structures and algorithms, This book shows that such geometric code can be surprisingly compact and easy to write.It begins by introducing the basic programming with PLaSM and algebraic and geometric foundations of shape modeling, the foundations of computer graphics, |
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solid modeling and geometric modeling of manifolds follows and finally discusses the application of geometric programming. For each topic, the mathematics is given, together with the PLaSM implementation (usually with a few lines of readable code) and some worked examples.* Combines excellent coverage of the theory with well-developed examples* Numerous applications eg. scientific stimulation, robotics, CAD, Virtual Reality* Worked exercises for each topic* Uses PLaSM language (supplied) throughout to illustrate techniques* Supported with web presenceWritten for Industrial Practioners developing CAD software, mechanical engineers in Graphics, CAD and CAM, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering,as well as programmers involved with developing visualization |
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UNINA9910786021503321 |
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Autore |
Thomasson Fredrik |
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The life of J.D. Åkerblad [[electronic resource] ] : Egyptian decipherment and Orientalism in revolutionary times / / by Fredrik Thomasson |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (503 p.) |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 213 |
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Middle East specialists |
Diplomats - Sweden |
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Europe History 1789-1900 |
Europe Intellectual life 18th century |
Europe Intellectual life 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. The making of a diplomat and orientalist -- pt. 2. 1789-1801 : |
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revolution and turmoil -- pt. 3. Reading Egyptian : deciphering the Rosetta inscriptions -- pt. 4. The Napoleonic wars and restoration in Italy. |
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Johan DavidÅkerblad (1763–1819) contributed to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs and Demotic and is known as a predecessor of Jean-François Champollion. This intellectual biography offers a new and less heroic interpretation of the first reading of the Egyptian scripts.Åkerblad, an exceptional linguist, was a diplomat and orientalist who spent several decades living in the Ottoman Empire, France and Italy. Of humble birth, he was a supporter of the French Revolution – something that stymied his career. His life cannot be understood in a purely Swedish national framework, and this study firmly situates him as an international scholar. The book discusses European expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean during the tumultuous decades around the year 1800, and tracesÅkerblad’s momentous life in relation to the debates on ‘orientalism,’ the tradition of classical studies and the history of science. |
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