Core Library Tutorial

The Core Library is a collection of C++ classes to support numerical computations that have a variety of precision requirements. In particular, it supports the Exact Geometric Computa- tion (EGC) approach to robust algorithms. The implementation embodies our precision-driven approach to EGC. The library is designed to be extremely easy to use. Any C++ programmer can immediately transform a "typical" geometric application program into fully robust code, without needing to transform the underlying program logic. This tutorial gives an overview of the Core Library, and basic instructions for using it.