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Title: Comment on the first edition
Review: The first edition of this book could have been much better written. It took up a lot of topics, but treated each in a summary fashion. In fairness, though, I must say that this may be as good as any other book with its aim and scope, and better than some. Any writer on computer vision faces the problem of guessing who the reader is likely to be and what the reader's background is. Also, each of the various topics really merits a sizable book. In particular, the mathematics needs a truly mathematical treatment in a separate book. I have not seen this second edition, but there was room for improvement over the first edition.
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