David G. Kirkpatrick Explained

David Galer Kirkpatrick is a Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of British Columbia. He is known for the Kirkpatrick–Seidel algorithm and his work on polygon triangulation, and for co-inventing α-shapes^[1] and the β-skeleton.^[2] He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1974.^[3]

Works

• Dissertation: Topics in the Complexity of Combinatorial Algorithms, University of Toronto 1974

Notes and References

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3. Web site: David Kirkpatrick - The Mathematics Genealogy Project.