Mathematical Structures for Computer Graphics

Computer graphics includes a large range of ideas, techniques, and algorithms

extending from generating animated simulations to displaying weather data to

incorporating motion-capture segments in video games. Producing these images

requires an array of artistic, technical, and algorithmic skills. Software can help by

offering a flexible user interface, but under the hood, mathematics is orchestrating

the images. Not everything in graphics begins with a mathematical result, but nearly

everything is founded on mathematical ideas, because ultimately algorithms direct

the computer to light up specified pixels on the screen.