Algebraic geometry and geometric modeling: insight and computation.- Implicitization using approximation complexes.- Piecewise approximate implicitization: experiments using industrial data.- Computing with parameterized varieties.- Implicitization and Distance Bounds.- Singularities and their deformations: how they change the shape and view of objects.- Overview of topological properties of real algebraic surfaces.- Illustrating the classification of real cubic surfaces.- Bézier patches on almost toric surfaces.- On parametric surfaces of low degree in P3(C).- On the intersection with revolution and canal surfaces.- A sampling algorithm computing self-intersections of parametric surfaces.- Elimination in generically rigid 3D geometric constraint systems.- Minkowski decomposition of convex lattice polygons.- Reducing the number of variables of a polynomial.

This book spans the distance between algebraic descriptions of geometric objects and the rendering of digital geometric shapes based on algebraic models. These contrasting points of view inspire a thorough analysis of the key challenges and how they are met. The articles focus on important classes of problems: implicitization, classification, and intersection. Combining illustrative graphics, computations and review articles this book helps the reader gain a firm practical grasp of these subjects.