Paul de Casteljau: The story of my adventure

IF 1.3 4区计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Computer Aided Geometric Design Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI:10.1016/j.cagd.2024.102278

Andreas Müller

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Abstract

Paul de Faget de Casteljau (19.11.1930 - 24.3.2022) has left us an extensive autobiography, written in 1997. In 19 sections, he takes us through his eventful life which he describes with wit and humor. We read about his youth in occupied France and his education at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. He describes in detail various episodes from his time at Citroën, the situation during and after the discovery of his now famous algorithm, the takeover by Peugeot, his ban from working on CAD and his corporate rehabilitation thanks to his advances in polar forms and quaternions. His memoirs end with his departure from Citroën and his first invited talks at academic conferences.

The paper contains the transcribed French original, its English translation and numerous notes and annotations. The handwritten text is available as a digital supplement.

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保罗-德-卡斯特约我的冒险故事

保罗-德-法盖特-德-卡斯特约（1930 年 11 月 19 日-2022 年 3 月 24 日）于 1997 年为我们留下了一本内容丰富的自传。在 19 个章节中，他以机智幽默的笔触向我们描述了他多灾多难的一生。我们读到了他在被占领的法国度过的青年时代，以及他在高等师范学校接受的教育。他详细描述了他在雪铁龙工作期间的各种事件、发现他现在著名的算法期间和之后的情况、标致公司的收购、他被禁止从事计算机辅助设计工作，以及由于他在极值形式和四元数方面取得的进展而使他的公司得以恢复。他的回忆录以他离开雪铁龙公司和首次应邀在学术会议上发表演讲而结束。手写文本可作为数字补充。

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来源期刊

Computer Aided Geometric Design 工程技术-计算机：软件工程

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

13.30%

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审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： The journal Computer Aided Geometric Design is for researchers, scholars, and software developers dealing with mathematical and computational methods for the description of geometric objects as they arise in areas ranging from CAD/CAM to robotics and scientific visualization. The journal publishes original research papers, survey papers and with quick editorial decisions short communications of at most 3 pages. The primary objects of interest are curves, surfaces, and volumes such as splines (NURBS), meshes, subdivision surfaces as well as algorithms to generate, analyze, and manipulate them. This journal will report on new developments in CAGD and its applications, including but not restricted to the following: -Mathematical and Geometric Foundations- Curve, Surface, and Volume generation- CAGD applications in Numerical Analysis, Computational Geometry, Computer Graphics, or Computer Vision- Industrial, medical, and scientific applications. The aim is to collect and disseminate information on computer aided design in one journal. To provide the user community with methods and algorithms for representing curves and surfaces. To illustrate computer aided geometric design by means of interesting applications. To combine curve and surface methods with computer graphics. To explain scientific phenomena by means of computer graphics. To concentrate on the interaction between theory and application. To expose unsolved problems of the practice. To develop new methods in computer aided geometry.