Discrete Differential Geometry

Alexander I. Bobenko TU Berlin · Peter Schröder · John M. Sullivan · Günter M. Ziegler

mar 2008 · Oberwolfach Seminars Libro 38 · Springer Science & Business Media

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Discrete differential geometry is an active mathematical terrain where differential geometry and discrete geometry meet and interact. It provides discrete equivalents of the geometric notions and methods of differential geometry, such as notions of curvature and integrability for polyhedral surfaces. Current progress in this field is to a large extent stimulated by its relevance for computer graphics and mathematical physics. This collection of essays, which documents the main lectures of the 2004 Oberwolfach Seminar on the topic, as well as a number of additional contributions by key participants, gives a lively, multi-facetted introduction to this emerging field.