Canny, JohnDonald, Bruce RandallRessler, Gene K.2007-04-232007-04-231991-12http://techreports.library.cornell.edu:8081/Dienst/UI/1.0/Display/cul.cs/TR91-1247https://hdl.handle.net/1813/7087Algorithms in computational geometry often use the real-RAM model of computation. In particular, this model assumes that exact real numbers can be stored in and retrieved from memory in constant $O$ (1) time, and that field operations (+, -, *, /) and certain other operations (like square root, sine and cosine) are also "exact," and can be applied in constant time.1329011 bytes385393 bytesapplication/pdfapplication/postscripten-UScomputer sciencetechnical reporttechnical report