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What and Who

Geometric Algebra

Prof. Stephen Mann
University of Waterloo
Talk
AG 1, AG 2, AG 3, AG 4  
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Date, Time and Location

Tuesday, 21 September 99
15:15
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MPII
023
Saarbrücken

Abstract

Geometric Algebra is an extension to Clifford Algebra introduced by David Hestenes in the 1960' s. In geometric algebra, there are three products: an inner product, an auter product, and the geometric product. These products are useful for defining subspaces and for algebraic manipulation of geometric expressions. Further, the geometric algebra provides a generalization of complex numbers, quaternions, affine spaces, and projective spaces. In this talk, I will illustrate the above concepts, and investigate how Geometric Algebra may be useful in computer graphics and CAGD.

Contact

Prof. Dr. H.-P. Seidel
(0681) 9325 - 499
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Tags, Category, Keywords and additional notes

Computer Graphics