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Main Authors: Kruglov, S. I., Barzda, V.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00300
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author Kruglov, S. I.
Barzda, V.
author_facet Kruglov, S. I.
Barzda, V.
contents A modified Gibbs's rotation matrix is derived and the connection with the Euler angles, quaternions, and Cayley$-$Klein parameters is established. As particular cases, the Rodrigues and Gibbs parameterizations of the rotation are obtained. The composition law of two rotations from the quaternion representation is presented showing a convenient expression for calculating the successive rotations.
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spellingShingle Modified Gibbs's representation of rotation matrix
Kruglov, S. I.
Barzda, V.
General Physics
A modified Gibbs's rotation matrix is derived and the connection with the Euler angles, quaternions, and Cayley$-$Klein parameters is established. As particular cases, the Rodrigues and Gibbs parameterizations of the rotation are obtained. The composition law of two rotations from the quaternion representation is presented showing a convenient expression for calculating the successive rotations.
title Modified Gibbs's representation of rotation matrix
topic General Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00300