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  2. Magnitude (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    By definition, all Euclidean vectors have a magnitude (see above). However, a vector in an abstract vector space does not possess a magnitude. A vector space endowed with a norm, such as the Euclidean space, is called a normed vector space. [8] The norm of a vector v in a normed vector space can be considered to be the magnitude of v.

  3. Quaternions and spatial rotation - Wikipedia

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    The magnitude of the unit quaternion will be unity, corresponding to a hypersphere of unit radius. The vector part of a unit quaternion represents the radius of the 2-sphere corresponding to the axis of rotation, and its magnitude is the sine of half the angle of rotation.

  4. Rotation formalisms in three dimensions - Wikipedia

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    The Rodrigues vector (sometimes called the Gibbs vector, with coordinates called Rodrigues parameters) [3] [4] can be expressed in terms of the axis and angle of the rotation as follows: = ^ ⁡ This representation is a higher-dimensional analog of the gnomonic projection , mapping unit quaternions from a 3-sphere onto the 3-dimensional pure ...

  5. Rodrigues' rotation formula - Wikipedia

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    Vector geometry of Rodrigues' rotation formula, as well as the decomposition into parallel and perpendicular components. Let k be a unit vector defining a rotation axis, and let v be any vector to rotate about k by angle θ ( right hand rule , anticlockwise in the figure), producing the rotated vector v rot {\displaystyle \mathbb {v} _{\text ...

  6. Rotation matrix - Wikipedia

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    In rotation group SO(3), it is shown that one can identify every A ∈ so(3) with an Euler vector ω = θu, where u = (x, y, z) is a unit magnitude vector. By the properties of the identification (), u is in the null space of A. Thus, u is left invariant by exp(A) and is hence a rotation axis.

  7. Axis–angle representation - Wikipedia

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    The angle θ and axis unit vector e define a rotation, concisely represented by the rotation vector θe.. 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 (e.g., clockwise) of the ...

  8. Euclidean vector - Wikipedia

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    A vector is what is needed to "carry" the point A to the point B; the Latin word vector means "carrier". [4] It was first used by 18th century astronomers investigating planetary revolution around the Sun. [5] The magnitude of the vector is the distance between the two points, and the direction refers to the direction of displacement from A to B.

  9. Vector (mathematics and physics) - Wikipedia

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    A vector is what is needed to "carry" the point A to the point B; the Latin word vector means "carrier". [4] It was first used by 18th century astronomers investigating planetary revolution around the Sun. [5] The magnitude of the vector is the distance between the two points, and the direction refers to the direction of displacement from A to B.