SHAPE AND SHAPE THEORY (WILEY SERIES IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS)
Written by D.G. Kendall, D. Barden, T.K. Carne, H. Le
Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
in 1999
ISBN: 0471968234
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SHAPE AND SHAPE THEORY (WILEY SERIES IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS)
Written by D.G. Kendall, D. Barden, T.K. Carne, H. Le.
Stock no. 1830319
1st.
1999.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
An elegant account of the theory of shape that has evolved from Kendall's work. Features include: A comprehensive account of Kendall's shape spaces; A variety of topological and geometric invariants of these spaces; Emphasis on the mathematical aspects of shape analysis; Coverage of the mathematical issues for a wide range of applications. Blue glazed boards. xi and 306 pages including index. ISBN: 0471968234. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine, light scuffing to boards. Small name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Shapes and Shape Spaces
- Chapter 2 The Global Structure of Shape Spaces
- Chapter 3 Computing the Homology of Cell Complexes
- Chapter 4 A Chain Complex for Shape Spaces
- Chapter 5 The Homology Groups of Shape Spaces
- Chapter 6 Geodesics in Shape Spaces
- Chapter 7 The Riemannian Structure of Shape Spaces
- Chapter 8 Induced Shape-Measures
- Chapter 9 Mean Shapes and The Shape of the Means
- Chapter 10 Visualising The Higher Dimensional Shape Spaces
- Chapter 11 General Shape Spaces
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index