Computational geometry

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1. Template:Lb A field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.
   • 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 Template:W Special Year, Template:W, Template:W, page 77,

     In computational geometry it is a truism that problems in three-dimensional space, ${ℝ}^3$, are significantly more difficult and complex than the corresponding problems in the two-dimensional plane, ${ℝ}^2$.

   • 2003, Ren-Hong Wang, Multivariate Spline and Geometry, Ren-Hong Wang (editor), Computational Geometry, Template:W, 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.

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