Key Ideas

• Similarity

  • What makes two objects nearly the same?
    • Want quantitative metrics that tell us how similar two objects are

• Signatures

  • What is critical essence of shape?
    • Want concise, easily searchable representationfor 3D objects

• Classes

  • What defines a group of objects?
    • Want high-level representation for classes of objects

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