Math 149, Spring 2001

The Mathematics of Computer Graphics

Instructor: Prof. Kirby A. Baker

MS 5360, 825-1947, baker@math.ucla.edu

Some topics:

Affine and projective transformations of objects; kinds of projections from 3-d to 2-d; curves and surfaces in computer graphics; related topics.

Nature of the course:

There will be some lab work, but this is a mathematics course and the main emphasis is on the mathematics needed to do computer graphics. Much of the material is applied linear algebra.

Prerequisites:

Enrollment:

Permission to enroll is necessary. The class is full; no new PTE's will be given out, except that people to whom I promised admission but who do not yet have a PTE number should see me.