Dual quaternion: Difference between revisions

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Here, <math>\epsilon^2=0</math>.
Here, <math>\epsilon^2=0</math>.


Multiplication is:  
;Scalar Multiplication
<math>s\mathbf{q} = s\mathbf{q}_r + s \mathbf{q}_d \epsilon</math>
 
;Addition
<math>\mathbf{q}_1 + \mathbf{q}_2 = \mathbf{q}_{r1} +\mathbf{q}_{r2} +  (\mathbf{q}_{d1} + \mathbf{q}_{d2}) \epsilon</math>
 
;Multiplication
<math>\mathbf{q}_1 \mathbf{q}_2 = \mathbf{q}_{r1} \mathbf{q}_{r2} + (\mathbf{q}_{r1}\mathbf{q}_{d2} + \mathbf{q}_{d1} \mathbf{q}_{r2})\epsilon</math>.
<math>\mathbf{q}_1 \mathbf{q}_2 = \mathbf{q}_{r1} \mathbf{q}_{r2} + (\mathbf{q}_{r1}\mathbf{q}_{d2} + \mathbf{q}_{d1} \mathbf{q}_{r2})\epsilon</math>.
;Conjugate
<math>\mathbf{q}^* = \mathbf{q}_{r}^* + \mathbf{q}_{d}^*\epsilon</math>
;Magnitude
<math>\Vert \mathbf{q} \Vert = \mathbf{q}\mathbf{q}^*</math>


===Rotations and Translations===
===Rotations and Translations===