Line Drawing, Leap Years and Euclid.

Bresenham's algorithm minimizes error in drawing lines on integer grid points; leap year calculations, surprisingly, are a generalization. We compare the two calculations, explicate the pattern, and discuss the connection of the leap year/line pattern with integer division and Euclid's alg...

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Published in:	ACM computing surveys. 36, 1 (2004).
Main Author:	Harris, Mitchell
Other Authors:	Reingold, Edward M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Bresenham's algorithm. Euclid's algorithm. Calendar algorithms. Continued fractions. Greatest common divisor. Leap years. Line drawing. Scan line conversion.