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SHAPE AND SHAPE THEORY (WILEY SERIES IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS)

by D.G. Kendall; D. Barden; T.K. Carne; H. Le

Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.. 1st. 1999

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.

Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine, light scuffing to boards. Small name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean.

ISBN: 0471968234
Stock no. 1830319

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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

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