https://github.com/kfish/quaternion

Quaternions library for Elm
https://github.com/kfish/quaternion

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Quaternions library for Elm

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kfish/quaternion
• Owner: kfish
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-08-31T07:14:05.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-11-13T20:52:02.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-15T15:12:08.964Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Elm
• Size: 74.2 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Quaternions

_Impossible transforms are inexpressible_

[![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/kfish/quaternion.svg?branch=master)][travis]

[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/kfish/quaternion

## Motivation

[How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Quaternions](http://developerblog.myo.com/quaternions/)

[Animate your way to glory](http://acko.net/blog/animate-your-way-to-glory/)

## Background

[Wikipedia: Quaternion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion)

### Euler angles

[Wikipedia: Conersion between quaternions and Euler angles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_between_quaternions_and_Euler_angles)

## Uses

### Spatial rotation

[Wikipedia: Quaternions and spatial rotation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternions_and_spatial_rotation)

### Flight dynamics

[USE OF QUATERNIONS IN FLIGHT MECHANICS](http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a152616.pdf)

[NPSNET: FLIGHT SIMULATION DYNAMIC MODELING USING QUATERNIONS](http://www.movesinstitute.org/~zyda/pubs/Presence.1.4.pdf)

### Device orientation

[W3C DeviceOrientation Event Specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/)

[Practical Application and Usage of the W3C Device Orientation API](http://dev.opera.com/articles/w3c-device-orientation-usage/)

## References

[Euclidean Space: Quaternions](http://www.euclideanspace.com/maths/algebra/realNormedAlgebra/quaternions/)

[3D Game Engine Programming: Understanding Quaternions](https://www.3dgep.com/understanding-quaternions/)

@BrettHoutz paper on [Quaternions](https://people.ucsc.edu/~bhoutz/quaternions.pdf)

[Quaternions in Classical Mechanics](http://stahlke.org/dan/publications/quaternion-paper.pdf)