Rotation in mathematics is a concept originating in geometry. Any rotation is a motion of a certain space that preserves at least one point. It can describe...
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known as versors, provide a convenient mathematical notation for representing spatial orientations and rotations of elements in three dimensional space...
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express a rotation in three dimensions as a mathematical transformation. In physics, this concept is applied to classical mechanics where rotational (or angular)...
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Rotation operator may refer to: An operator that specifies a rotation (mathematics) Three-dimensional rotation operator Rot (operator) aka Curl, a differential...
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In the theory of three-dimensional rotation, Rodrigues' rotation formula, named after Olinde Rodrigues, is an efficient algorithm for rotating a vector...
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Mathematically, a rotation is a rigid body movement which, unlike a translation, keeps at least one point fixed. This definition applies to rotations...
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rotation around a fixed axis of a rigid body are mathematically much simpler than those for free rotation of a rigid body; they are entirely analogous to...
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In linear algebra, a rotation matrix is a transformation matrix that is used to perform a rotation in Euclidean space. For example, using the convention...
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In mathematics and physics, vector is a term that refers informally to some quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number (a scalar), or to elements...
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In mathematics, the rotation number is an invariant of homeomorphisms of the circle. It was first defined by Henri Poincaré in 1885, in relation to the...
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