Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations

ABSTRACT The need to use rotations occurs very often in different domains. We present a basic extensive treatment of rotations in 3D. The results are presented and derived in a coordinate‐free setting, where no frames are required and no components of any matrix are manipulated. We start with the di...

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Main Author: François Dubeau
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-01-01
Series:Engineering Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.13107
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description ABSTRACT The need to use rotations occurs very often in different domains. We present a basic extensive treatment of rotations in 3D. The results are presented and derived in a coordinate‐free setting, where no frames are required and no components of any matrix are manipulated. We start with the direct problem of establishing the finite rotation formula. Then we consider the composition and the vector decomposition of finite rotations. We conclude the paper by considering the inverse problem namely finding the axis of rotation and the angle of rotation from its effect on vectors.
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spelling doaj-art-c79004bb8dba4ed8aaae580e6eb907982025-01-31T00:22:49ZengWileyEngineering Reports2577-81962025-01-0171n/an/a10.1002/eng2.13107Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite RotationsFrançois Dubeau0Département de mathématiques Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke CanadaABSTRACT The need to use rotations occurs very often in different domains. We present a basic extensive treatment of rotations in 3D. The results are presented and derived in a coordinate‐free setting, where no frames are required and no components of any matrix are manipulated. We start with the direct problem of establishing the finite rotation formula. Then we consider the composition and the vector decomposition of finite rotations. We conclude the paper by considering the inverse problem namely finding the axis of rotation and the angle of rotation from its effect on vectors.https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.13107compositionfinite rotation formulanon‐commutativityvector decomposition
spellingShingle François Dubeau
Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations
Engineering Reports
composition
finite rotation formula
non‐commutativity
vector decomposition
title Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations
title_full Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations
title_fullStr Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations
title_full_unstemmed Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations
title_short Composition, Non‐Commutativity, and Vector Decompositions of Finite Rotations
title_sort composition non commutativity and vector decompositions of finite rotations
topic composition
finite rotation formula
non‐commutativity
vector decomposition
url https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.13107
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