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  2. Quaternion - Wikipedia

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    For two elements a 1 + b 1 i + c 1 j + d 1 k and a 2 + b 2 i + c 2 j + d 2 k, their product, called the Hamilton product (a 1 + b 1 i + c 1 j + d 1 k) (a 2 + b 2 i + c 2 j + d 2 k), is determined by the products of the basis elements and the distributive law. The distributive law makes it possible to expand the product so that it is a sum of ...

  3. Dual quaternion - Wikipedia

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    Assemble the components of the quaternion C = c 0 + C into the array C = (C 1, C 2, C 3, c 0). Notice that the components of the vector part of the quaternion are listed first and the scalar is listed last. This is an arbitrary choice, but once this convention is selected we must abide by it.

  4. Quaternion group - Wikipedia

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    In the diagrams for D 4, the group elements are marked with their action on a letter F in the defining representation R 2. The same cannot be done for Q 8, since it has no faithful representation in R 2 or R 3. D 4 can be realized as a subset of the split-quaternions in the same way that Q 8 can be viewed as a subset of the quaternions.

  5. Screw theory - Wikipedia

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    Since ε 2 = 0 for dual numbers, exp(aε) = 1 + aε, all other terms of the exponential series vanishing. Let F = {1 + εr : r ∈ H}, ε 2 = 0. Note that F is stable under the rotation q → p −1 qp and under the translation (1 + εr)(1 + εs) = 1 + ε(r + s) for any vector quaternions r and s. F is a 3-flat in the eight-dimensional space of ...

  6. Quaternionic matrix - Wikipedia

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    Since quaternionic multiplication is noncommutative, care must be taken to preserve the order of the factors when computing the product of matrices. The identity for this multiplication is, as expected, the diagonal matrix I = diag(1, 1, ... , 1). Multiplication follows the usual laws of associativity and distributivity. The trace of a matrix ...

  7. Classical Hamiltonian quaternions - Wikipedia

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    1.4.2 Right versor. 1.4.3 ... 2.2.4 Multiplication. ... multiplication of two vectors of quaternions used this same operation as did multiplication of a quaternion ...

  8. Quaternion algebra - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a quaternion algebra over a field F is a central simple algebra A over F [1] [2] that has dimension 4 over F.Every quaternion algebra becomes a matrix algebra by extending scalars (equivalently, tensoring with a field extension), i.e. for a suitable field extension K of F, is isomorphic to the 2 × 2 matrix algebra over K.

  9. Cayley–Dickson construction - Wikipedia

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    Cayley Q8 graph of quaternion multiplication showing cycles of multiplication of i (red), j (green) and k (blue). In the SVG file, hover over or click a path to highlight it. The next step in the construction is to generalize the multiplication and conjugation operations. Form ordered pairs (a, b) of complex numbers a and b, with multiplication ...