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The CGAL kernel: A basis for geometric computation

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Applied Computational Geometry Towards Geometric Engineering (WACG 1996)

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A large part of the Cgal-project is devoted to the development of a Computational Geometry Algorithms Library, written in C++. We discuss design issues concerning the Cgal-kernel which is the basis for the library and hence for all geometric computation in Cgal.

Part of this work had been done at the graduate school “Algorithmische Diskrete Mathematik” at FU Berlin, supported by Dfg, grant We 1265/2-1.

Supported by DFG, grant We 1265/5-1 (Leibniz-Preis).

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  1. Inria, B.P.93, 06902, Sophia-Antipolis cedex, France

    Andreas Fabri

  2. Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508, TB Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Geert-Jan Giezeman

  3. Theoretical Computer Science, ETH Zürich, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Lutz Kettner

  4. Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Stefan Schirra

  5. Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 9, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Sven Schönherr

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Fabri, A., Giezeman, GJ., Kettner, L., Schirra, S., Schönherr, S. (1996). The CGAL kernel: A basis for geometric computation. In: Lin, M.C., Manocha, D. (eds) Applied Computational Geometry Towards Geometric Engineering. WACG 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1148. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014496

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