商品簡介
This is your brain, and this is your brain on three-dimensional topology! Many important applied problems of mechanics and theoretical physics can be reduced to algorithmic problems of three-dimensional topology, which can then be solved using computers. This work makes progress in the field accessible to a wider audience, using an informal style and thought-provoking hand-drawn b&w illustrations designed to train powers of visualization. A final section includes figures and Escher-like illustrations related to material in the book. Readers can guess which mathematical concepts are being illustrated. Of interest to graduate students and researchers in disciplines including physics, mathematics, computer programs for spline theory and its applications, geometrical modeling, geometry, and topology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
