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axis angle of rotation to quaternions (Definition)

Quaternions can be defined from the axis angle of rotation by

$\displaystyle \left[ \begin{array}{c} q_1 \ q_2 \ q_3 \ q_4 \end{array} \... ...( \alpha /2 ) \ e_3 sin( \alpha /2 ) \ cos( \alpha /2 ) \end{array} \right]$ (1)



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See Also: axis angle of rotation to direction cosine matrix, axis angle of rotation


Cross-references: axis angle of rotation

This is version 3 of axis angle of rotation to quaternions, born on 2005-08-28, modified 2008-09-24.
Object id is 90, canonical name is AxisAngleOfRotationToQuaternions.
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Physics Classification45.40.-f (Dynamics and kinematics of rigid bodies)

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