This book gives a solid foundation of geometric methods and their underlying principles, geometric design and modeling, and applications of geometry. It addresses students, teachers and researchers in mathematics, computer science and engineering who are confronted with geometric problems.

I: Some Linear Algebra 1. Linear Systems 2. Linear Spaces 3. Least Squares II: Images and Projections 4. Parallel Projections 5. Moving the Object 6. Perspective Drawings 7. The Mapping Matrix 8. Reconstruction III: Affine Geometry 9. Affine Space 10. The Barycentric Calculus 11. Affine Maps 12. Affine Figures 13. Quadrics in Affine Spaces 14. More on Affine Quadrics 15. Homothetic Pencils IV: Euclidean Geometry 16. The Euclidean Space 17. Some Euclidean Figures 18. Quadrics in Euclidean Space 19. Focal Properties V: Some Projective Geometry 20. The Projective Space 21. Projective Maps 22. Some Projective Figures 23. Projective Quadrics VI: Some Descriptive Geometry 24. Associated Projections 25. Penetrations VII: Basic Algebraic Geometry 26. Implicit Curves and Surfaces 27. Parametric Curves and Surfaces 28. Some Elimination Methods 29. Implicitization, Inversion and Intersection VIII: Differential Geometry 30. Curves 31. Curves on Surfaces 32. Surfaces

Prautzsch, Hartmut; Boehm, Wolfgang