Numerical Geometry of Non-Rigid Shapes

Deformable objects are ubiquitous in the world surrounding us, on all levels from micro to macro. The need to study such shapes and model their behavior arises in a wide spectrum of applications, ranging from medicine to security. In recent years, non-rig

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MONOGRAPHS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

NUMERICAL GEOMETRY OF

NUMERICAL GEOMETRY OF NON-RIGID SHAPES Alexander M. Bronstein Michael M. Bronstein Ron Kimmel

Monographs in Computer Science

Editors David Gries Fred B. Schneider

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Alexander M. Bronstein Michael M. Bronstein Ron Kimmel

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Alexander M. Bronstein Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel [email protected]

Michael M. Bronstein Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel [email protected]

Ron Kimmel Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel [email protected]

ISSN: 0172-603x ISBN: 978-0-387-73300-5 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-73301-2

e-ISBN: 978-0-387-73301-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2008934481 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 53AØ5, 52C25, 49M37 c 2008 Springer Science+Business