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An edition of Quaternions and rotation sequences (1999)

Quaternions and rotation sequences

a primer with applications to orbits, aerospace, and virtual reality

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"Ever since the Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton introduced quaternions in the nineteenth century - a feat he celebrated by carving the founding equations into a stone bridge - mathematicians and engineers have been fascinated by these mathematical objects. Today, they are used in applications as various as describing the geometry of spacetime, guiding the Space Shuttle, and developing computer applications for virtual reality. In this book, Jack B.

Kuipers introduces quaternions for scientists and engineers who have not encountered them before and shows how they can be used in a variety of practical situations."--BOOK JACKET.

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Princeton UP
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English
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371

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Princeton, N.J, Oxford

Edition Notes

Paperback ed. Originally published 1999.

Bibliography: p. 365-366. - Includes index.

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512.9434
Library of Congress
QA196

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xxii, 371 p. :
Number of pages
371

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OL22145989M
Internet Archive
quaternionsrotat00kuip_043
ISBN 10
0691058725
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135607
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