Quaternion: Difference between revisions

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===Distance Metrics===
===Distance Metrics===
There are multiple ways to calculate the distance between two quaternions. See [https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/90081/quaternion-distance Stackexchange].
There are multiple ways to calculate the distance between two quaternions. See [https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/90081/quaternion-distance Stackexchange].
 
* <math>\theta = \cos^{-1}( \langle q_1, q_2 \rangle)</math>
* <math>\theta = \cos^{-1}(2 \langle q_1, q_2 \rangle^2 - 1)</math>
* <math>\theta = \cos^{-1}(2 \langle q_1, q_2 \rangle^2 - 1)</math>