computational geometry

noun

A field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.

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Meanings

nouncomputational geometry (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputerA field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.

    Computational geometry processing is about practical algorithms that operate on geometric data sets, and these data sets tend to be rather large if they are to be useful.

    2012, J. Andreas Bærentzen, Jens Gravesen, François Anton, Henrik Aanæs, Guide to Computational Geometry Processing, Springer, page 1
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    1991, Herbert Edelsbrunner, Lines in Space—A Collection of Results, Jacob E. Goodman, Richard D. Pollack, William L. Steiger (editors), Discrete and Computational Geometry: Papers from the DIMACS Special Year, American Mathematical Society, Association for Computing Machinery, page 77, In computational geometry it is a truism that problems in three-dimensional space, ℝ³, are significantly more difficult and complex than the corresponding problems in the two-dimensional plane, ℝ².

    2003, Ren-Hong Wang, Multivariate Spline and Geometry, Ren-Hong Wang (editor), Computational Geometry, American Mathematical Society, International Press, page 195, In this survey, we will be concerned with the relationship between multivariate splines and geometries including computational geometry, differential geometry, and algebraic geometry.

Translations

German algorithmische Geometrie
  • algorithmische Geometriefield of study
Italian geometria computazionale
  • geometria computazionalefield of study
Japanese 計算幾何学
  • 計算幾何学field of study
Polish geometria obliczeniowa
  • geometria obliczeniowafield of study
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