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Introduction#
These are the lecture notes that accompany the computer graphics part of the unit Computational Mathematics. These notes are comprehensive and are written specifically for this unit so should serve as your main point of reference. However, it is always advisable to seek out other sources of information either on the internet or better still textbooks from the library. Mathematical notation can differ between authors and these notes have been written to use notation that is most commonly found online.
These notes use a tried and tested format of definition (what is it that we are studying?); explanation (why do we use it?); examples (how is it used?); exercises (now you try it). The examples have the solutions hidden by default and we will be going through each on in the lectures. This is done because by writing out the steps used in a method it helps students to better understand that method.
You should read through the lecture notes prior to attending the lectures that focus on that particular chapter. Don’t worry about trying to understand everything when you first read through them. Reading mathematics is not like reading your favourite novel, it often requires repeated reading of a passage before you fully grasp the concepts that are being explained. In the lectures we will explain the various topics and provide more insight than what is written in the notes.