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Curves and Surfaces for CAGD
A Practical Guide

5th edition

by Gerald Farin

Published by Morgan-Kaufmann

Published 2002
499 pages

ISBN 1-55860-737-4

Errata for the 4th edition

Please send email with suggestions/corrections to farin@asu.edu.
If you find an error, you'll get credit in this Errata page!

The date that each correction was added is given in brackets as [mo/day/yr].

  • p. 45, eq. (4.6): there is an "r" missing before the first "element of" sign.    [7/15/99].

  • p. 65, eq. (5.2): the summation should start with j=1 .    [7/15/99].

  • p. 138, middle: the two references to (9.24) are wrong. They should refer to the unlabeled equation before (9.24).    [7/15/99].

  • p. 182, eFig. 12.2: the labeling is wrong. Make the following replacements: A+ <- B-, B- <- B+, B+ <- A+.    [8/5/99].

  • p. 188, eq. (12.15): the left-hand side should be alpha_{i-1}. Eq. (12.16): the left-hand side should be omega_{i-1} and the numerator should read: gamma_i Delta_i. (Yuhong Lampner)    [8/5/99].

  • P. 250, eq. (15.28): matrix entry bb_00 should have a boldface b instead of bb. (Dianne)    [6/1/99].

  • P. 314, last line should say x=[p1,r1, p2, r2]. Same mistake on top of next page. (Mike Stark)    [9/1/99].

  • P. 407, ref. [325]: The book title is "Solving Least Squares Problems"    [9/20/99].