Integral Forms in Matrix Lie Groups

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Main Author: Barfoot, Timothy D
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contents Matrix Lie groups provide a language for describing motion in such fields as robotics, computer vision, and graphics. When using these tools, we are often faced with turning infinite-series expressions into more compact finite series (e.g., the Euler-Rodrigues formula), which can sometimes be onerous. In this paper, we identify some useful integral forms in matrix Lie group expressions that offer a more streamlined pathway for computing compact analytic results. Moreover, we present some recursive structures in these integral forms that show many of these expressions are interrelated. Key to our approach is that we are able to apply the minimal polynomial for a Lie algebra quite early in the process to keep expressions compact throughout the derivations. With the series approach, the minimal polynomial is usually applied at the end, making it hard to recognize common analytic expressions in the result. We show that our integral method can reproduce several series-derived results from the literature.
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Barfoot, Timothy D
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Matrix Lie groups provide a language for describing motion in such fields as robotics, computer vision, and graphics. When using these tools, we are often faced with turning infinite-series expressions into more compact finite series (e.g., the Euler-Rodrigues formula), which can sometimes be onerous. In this paper, we identify some useful integral forms in matrix Lie group expressions that offer a more streamlined pathway for computing compact analytic results. Moreover, we present some recursive structures in these integral forms that show many of these expressions are interrelated. Key to our approach is that we are able to apply the minimal polynomial for a Lie algebra quite early in the process to keep expressions compact throughout the derivations. With the series approach, the minimal polynomial is usually applied at the end, making it hard to recognize common analytic expressions in the result. We show that our integral method can reproduce several series-derived results from the literature.
title Integral Forms in Matrix Lie Groups
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02820