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  2. Rigid transformation - Wikipedia

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    Any object will keep the same shape and size after a proper rigid transformation. All rigid transformations are examples of affine transformations. The set of all (proper and improper) rigid transformations is a mathematical group called the Euclidean group, denoted E(n) for n-dimensional Euclidean spaces. The set of rigid motions is called the ...

  3. Kinematics - Wikipedia

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    Kinematics is often described as applied geometry, where the movement of a mechanical system is described using the rigid transformations of Euclidean geometry. The coordinates of points in a plane are two-dimensional vectors in R 2 (two dimensional space). Rigid transformations are those that preserve the distance between any two

  4. Rigidity (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Rigidity is an ancient part of our human cognition. [4] Systematic research on rigidity can be found tracing back to Gestalt psychologists, going as far back as the late 19th to early 20th century with Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka in Germany.

  5. Euler's Disk - Wikipedia

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    If the motion is non-dissipative (frictionless), is constant, and the motion persists forever; this is contrary to observation, since is not constant in real life situations. In fact, the precession rate of the axis of symmetry approaches a finite-time singularity modeled by a power law with exponent approximately −1/3 (depending on specific ...

  6. Real rigidity - Wikipedia

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    Real price rigidity can result from several factors. First, firms with market power can raise their mark-ups to offset declines in marginal cost and maintain a high price. [1]: 380 Search costs can contribute to real rigidities through "thick market externalities". A thick market has many buyers and sellers, so search costs are lower.

  7. Rigidity - Wikipedia

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    Rigid body, in physics, a simplification of the concept of an object to allow for modelling; Rigid transformation, in mathematics, a rigid transformation preserves distances between every pair of points; Rigidity (chemistry), the tendency of a substance to retain/maintain their shape when subjected to outside force

  8. Orthogonal transformation - Wikipedia

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    Orthogonal transformations in two- or three-dimensional Euclidean space are stiff rotations, reflections, or combinations of a rotation and a reflection (also known as improper rotations). Reflections are transformations that reverse the direction front to back, orthogonal to the mirror plane, like (real-world) mirrors do.

  9. Dual quaternion - Wikipedia

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    In mechanics, the dual quaternions are applied as a number system to represent rigid transformations in three dimensions. [1] Since the space of dual quaternions is 8-dimensional and a rigid transformation has six real degrees of freedom, three for translations and three for rotations, dual quaternions obeying two algebraic constraints are used ...