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Title: Projective Geometry and Its Applications to Computer Graphics by Michael A. Penna, Richard R. Patterson ISBN: 0-13-730649-0 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 January, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Best introduction to the subject
Comment: This is an excellent book, the only truly elementary, yet evidently solid, introduction to the subject that I have seen. It begins at the level of a lower-division college math student. It is too bad that the publisher let it go out of print. In view of the many other books on the subject of computer graphics and computer vision and on the relevant mathematics, there would be many needing this book. It apparently treats carefully the math that other books tend to gloss over.

My only criticism so far is a very minor one of style. The author writes things like, "The line l passing through the point A[4, 4, 1] and B[-2, 0, 2]." That is, he introduces a variable name (A or B) along with the value of the variable, by juxtapostion. This used to be done in high-school level books, but it conflicts with other uses of juxtaposition and so seems slightly nonsensical. I am used to the more accepted style using an equals sign: "The line l passing through the point A = [4, 4, 1] and B = [-2, 0, 2]." However, I repeat that this is a very minor criticism, one easy to overlook.