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quaternion

[kwə′ter·nē·ən]
(mathematics)
The division algebra over the real numbers generated by elements i, j, k subject to the relations i 2= j 2= k 2= -1 and ij = -ji = k, jk = -kj = i, and ki = -ik = j. Also known as hypercomplex number.
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Liu, "Pitt's inequality and the uncertainty principle associated with the quaternion fourier transform," Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol.
Throughout the paper, we denote the real number field by R, the set of all m x n matrices over the quaternion algebra
Quaternion analysis offers another possibility of generalizing complex function theory to higher dimension, and it has wide applications in mathematical physics, Dirichlet BVPs of higher-order partial differential equations, and other fields.
[delta][[theta].sub.1] is the attitude error computed from the error quaternion [delta]Q which is defined as
Consider the quaternion group [Q.sub.16] = (x, y|x = [y.sup.2], xyx = y) of order 16.
Simplifying, we can notice that the rotation's definition of vector v post by quaternion is calculated as qvq-1 where q-1 is the conjugate of the quaternion q.
A quaternion moment-based scheme is suggested in [17] where Tsougenis et al.
where [cross product] denotes the quaternion product which can be determined using the Hamilton rule [25]:
Shoemake, "Animating rotation with quaternion curves," in Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH '85), pp.
Unit quaternion is a 4D parameterization, which allows such singularities to be avoided [22].
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