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Beginning Math and Physics for Game Programmers
Beginning Math and Physics for Game Programmers
ISBN: 0735713901
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 143
Authors:
Wendy Stahler
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Beginning Math and Physics for Game Programmers
Table of Contents
Copyright
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Tell Us What You Think
Introduction
Who Is This Book For?
How Is This Book Organized?
What Will I Take Away from This Book?
Chapter 1. Points and Lines
The Point Defined
The Line Defined
Properties of Lines
Applications in Collision Detection
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 2. Geometry Snippets
Distance Between Points
Parabolas
Circles and Spheres
Applications in Collision Detection
Visualization Experience: Collision Detection
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 3. Trigonometry Snippets
Degrees Versus Radians
Trigonometric Functions
Trigonometric Identities
Using Math Libraries in C
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 4. Vector Operations
Vector Versus Scalar
Polar Coordinates Versus Cartesian Coordinates
Vector Addition and Subtraction
Scalar Multiplication
Dot Product
Cross Product
Visualization Experience
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 5. Matrix Operations
Equal Matrices
Matrix Addition and Subtraction
Scalar Multiplication
Matrix Multiplication
Transpose
Visualization Experience
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 6. Transformations
Translation
Scaling
Rotation
Concatenation
Visualization Experience
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 7. Unit Conversions
The Metric System
Converting Units Between Systems
Computer Conversions
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 8. Motion in One Dimension
Speed and Velocity
Acceleration
Equations of Motion
Visualization Experience
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 9. Derivative Approach to Motion in One Dimension
Visualizing Velocity and Derivative
Visualizing Acceleration and Second Derivative
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 10. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Using Vectors
Projectiles
Visualization Experience
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 11. Newton s Laws
Forces
Using Newton s Laws to Determine How Forces Affect an Object s Motion
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 12. Energy
Work and Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy and the Conservation Law
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 13. Momentum and Collisions
Collision with a Stationary Object
Momentum and Impulse Defined
Modeling Collisions
Visualization Experience
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter 14. Rotational Motion
Circular Motion
Rotational Dynamics
Self-Assessment Solutions
Chapter A. List of Formulas
Symbols
Chapter 1,
Chapter 2,
Chapter 3,
Chapter 4,
Chapter 5,
Chapter 6,
Chapter 7,
Chapter 8,
Chapter 9,
Chapter 10,
Chapter 11,
Chapter 12,
Chapter 13,
Chapter 14,
Appendix B. Suggested Reading
Appendix C. What s on the CD-ROM
Loading the CD Files
Exercise Files
Third-Party Programs
Read This Before Opening the Software
Glossary
Index
index_SYMBOL
index_A
index_B
index_C
index_D
index_E
index_F
index_G
index_H
index_I
index_J
index_K
index_L
index_M
index_N
index_O
index_P
index_R
index_S
index_T
index_U
index_V
index_W
index_X
index_Y
Beginning Math and Physics for Game Programmers
ISBN: 0735713901
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 143
Authors:
Wendy Stahler
BUY ON AMAZON
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Layouts
Text Controls
Scales, Sliders, and Progress Bars
Drag and Drop and the Clipboard
Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography
Hack 16. Who Are the Neighbors Voting For?
Hack 61. Build a Map of Local GSM Cells
Hack 89. Publish Your Geodata to the Web with GeoServer
Hacks 93-100
Hack 94. Geo-Warchalking with 2-D Barcodes
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The AJAX Revolution
The Pulsing Heart of ASP.NET AJAX
Partial Page Rendering
The AJAX Control Toolkit
Building AJAX Applications with ASP.NET
Microsoft VBScript Professional Projects
Conditional Logic and Iterative Structures
Customizing the Start Menu and Quick Launch Toolbar
Scheduling Disk Maintenance
Mapping Network Printers and Disks
Building the Report Archive Page
Extending and Embedding PHP
Compiling on UNIX
Accepting Parameters
The Resource Data Type
Complex Structures
INI Settings
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Book VI - Swing
Creating Applets
Book VIII - Files and Databases
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