Jack B. Kuipers
Auteur van Quaternions and Rotation Sequences: A Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace and Virtual Reality
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Kuipers, Jack B.
- Geboortedatum
- 1921
- Geslacht
- male
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 1
- Leden
- 63
- Populariteit
- #268,028
- Waardering
- 4.3
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 3
The book contains various interesting practical applications for quaternions taken from the aerospace industry, and shows how quaternions are superior to traditional matrix algebra for representing rotations in 3D.
For everyone who likes to truly understand how quaternions work instead of just copy-pasting some formula's from a random textbook.
The following quote shows the author's motives are first and foremost to educate the reader, instead of displaying his mathematical intellect, from page 186:
Great stuff.… (meer)