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Quaternions and Rotation Sequences: A Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace and Virtual Reality
J. B. Kuipers
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Description for Quaternions and Rotation Sequences: A Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace and Virtual Reality
paperback. Introduces quaternions for scientists and engineers, and shows how they can be used in a variety of practical situations. This book is primarily an exposition of the quaternion, a 4-tuple, and its primary application in a rotation operator. It also presents the conventional and familiar 3 x 3 (9-element) matrix rotation operator. Num Pages: 400 pages, 121 figures. BIC Classification: PBF; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 776.
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 in virtual reality. In this book, J. 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. The book is primarily an exposition of the quaternion, ... Read more
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 in virtual reality. In this book, J. 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. The book is primarily an exposition of the quaternion, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691102986
SKU
V9780691102986
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About J. B. Kuipers
J. B. Kuipers is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Calvin College. In addition to publishing papers and research notes on quaternions, he spent seventeen years in the aerospace industry where his work included developing applications of quaternion theory for aerospace systems. He also developed a six-dimensional graphics system and, as a consequence, is regarded by some as the founder of ... Read more
Reviews for Quaternions and Rotation Sequences: A Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace and Virtual Reality
"This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in three-dimensional geometry. It is a competent and comprehensive survey... This book is unique in that it is probably the only modern book to treat quaternions seriously... A valuable asset."
Aeronautical Journal "[A] splendid book ... everything one could wish for in a primer. It is also beautifully set out with an ... Read more
Aeronautical Journal "[A] splendid book ... everything one could wish for in a primer. It is also beautifully set out with an ... Read more