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\chapter{Introduction}
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\& Stefan Schirra ({\tt stschirr@mpi-sb.mpg.de})
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\centerline{{\sc Computational Geometry Algorithms Library}}


\begin{quote}
{\em The goal of \cgal\ is to make available to users in industry and academia
the most important efficient solutions to basic geometric problems
developed in the area of computational geometry in a \CC\ software library.}
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Work on \cgal\ has been supported by {\sc esprit iv} projects 21957 (CGAL) and
28155 (GALIA).


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