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    Rotation in mathematics is a concept originating in geometry. Any rotation is a motion of a certain space that preserves at least one point. It can describe...
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  • express a rotation in three dimensions as a mathematical transformation. In physics, this concept is applied to classical mechanics where rotational (or angular)...
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  • In the theory of three-dimensional rotation, Rodrigues' rotation formula, named after Olinde Rodrigues, is an efficient algorithm for rotating a vector...
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  • known as versors, provide a convenient mathematical notation for representing spatial orientations and rotations of elements in three dimensional space...
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  • Rotation operator may refer to: An operator that specifies a rotation (mathematics) Three-dimensional rotation operator Rot (operator) aka Curl, a differential...
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  • In linear algebra, a rotation matrix is a transformation matrix that is used to perform a rotation in Euclidean space. For example, using the convention...
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    Mathematically, a rotation is a rigid body movement which, unlike a translation, keeps at least one point fixed. This definition applies to rotations...
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    In mathematics, a rotation of axes in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system in which...
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    rotation around a fixed axis of a rigid body are mathematically much simpler than those for free rotation of a rigid body; they are entirely analogous to...
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    Bunch, Bryan H. (1982). Mathematical Fallacies and Paradoxes. Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 10–11. ISBN 0-442-24905-5. "Rotational dynamics - Center of wheel...
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