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From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 19 Nov 2003 16:07:53
Message: <cjameshuff-A7A866.16044519112003@netplex.aussie.org>

In article <web.3fbbaefbc1bd4a107059a060@news.povray.org>,
 "incognito" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> What's a good geometry reference book to get for ray tracing?
> 
> I was wondering if there were any specific books anyone has found useful?

I'm not sure how much pure geometry will help...you'll want something 
that explains vector math and a little about matrices. Probably a 3D 
computer graphics programming book would be best. Depending on what 
you're doing, a little trig, calculus, etc. may be useful.

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