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10. Geodesics

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Geodesic equation
- 10.2.1 Parametric surfaces
- 10.2.2 Implicit surfaces
10.3 Two point boundary value problem
- 10.3.1 Introduction
- 10.3.2 Shooting method
- 10.3.3 Relaxation method
10.4 Initial approximation
- 10.4.1 Linear approximation
- 10.4.2 Circular arc approximation
10.5 Shortest path between a point and a curve
10.6 Numerical applications
- 10.6.1 Geodesic path between two points
- 10.6.2 Geodesic path between a point and a curve
10.7 Geodesic offsets
10.8 Geodesics on developable surfaces

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