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Processing by Casey & Fry
Jul 17th, 2008, 5:14pm
 
I write with reference to the aforementioned text.

In the chapter titled 'Math 1', last line of the first paragraph reads:

"More advanced topics such as linear algebra and calculus are often used for images & motion, but they fall outside the scope of this book."

I was hoping to gather some references to online material covering linear algebra & calculus with applications in Processing.

Would appreciate advise.

Best,
wirefree
Re: Processing by Casey & Fry
Reply #1 - Jul 18th, 2008, 6:17am
 
These topics are generally introduced outside the context of a programming language because they are so general. I don't know of good online sources, but I hope someone else will.
Re: Processing by Casey & Fry
Reply #2 - Jul 18th, 2008, 10:49am
 
I'll second what Casey said; they're generally separate.

The closest that you'll find with regard to math and Processing is probably one of the numerous books on Java and computer graphics: e.g.
http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Graphics-Java-Programmers-Ammeraal/dp/0471981427

In terms of online stuff, there's a CS Prof named Richard Baldwin in the Java graphics community who publishes a lot online:
e.g. http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3733176

There are also numerous universities now putting enire courses online-MIT being the most famous:
e.g. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-06Spring-2005/CourseHome/

Here's a good Dartmouth Calc link:
http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~calcsite/video1.html

In putting together the math parts of my book, I spent a lot of time searching for similar info. One resource I found that was helpful was a small book (with unfortunately a very large price tag at Amazon). I got the book through my school library:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Mathematics-Computer-Graphics-Fast/dp/1852333804/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216369950&sr=8-3


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