Axis–angle representation
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axis-angle-representation-181-17807699
title:
Axis–angle representation
text:
In mathematics, the axis–angle representation parameterizes a rotation in a three-dimensional Euclidean space by two quantities: a unit vector e indicating the direction of an axis of rotation, and an angle of rotation θ describing the magnitude and sense of the rotation about the axis. Only two numbers, not three, are needed to define the direction of a unit vector e rooted at the origin because the magnitude of e is constrained. For example, the elevation and azimuth angles of e suffice to loc
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encyclopedia
description:
Parameterization of a rotation into a unit vector and angle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis%E2%80%93angle_representation
date created:
2007-01-27T01:49:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T02:20:28Z
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