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Computing with geometry as an undergraduate course: a three-year experience

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John L. Lowther,

Ching-Kuang SheneAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 33, Issue 1

Pages 119 - 123

https://doi.org/10.1145/366413.364558

Published: 01 February 2001 Publication History

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2. Theory of computation
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    1. Computational geometry

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 33, Issue 1

March 2001

432 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/366413

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John Impagliazzo
103 Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY

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SIGCSE '01: Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
February 2001
456 pages
ISBN:1581133294
DOI:10.1145/364447
Chairmen:
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Grinnell College
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Renée McCauley
College of Charleston
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Judith Gersting
Univ. of Hawaii at Hilo
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Univ. of Hartford

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