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A Generalization of Algebraic Surface Drawing

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Volume 1 , Issue 3 (July 1982) table of contents

Pages: 235 - 256

Year of Publication: 1982

ISSN:0730-0301

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James F. Blinn

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 201-209, Pasadena, CA

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