Quarternions & Rotation Sequences – A Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace, & Virtual Reality: A Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace and Virtual Reality - Hardcover

Kuipers, Jack B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691058725 ISBN 13: 9780691058726

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Ever since the Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton introduced quaternions in the 19th century - a feat he celebrated by carving the founding equations into a stone bridge - mathematicians and engineers have been fascinated by these mathematical objects. They are used in applications as various as describing the geometry of space-time, guiding the Space Shuttle, and developing computer applications in virtual reality. In this book, J.B. Kuipers introduces quaternions for scientists and engineers who have not encountered them before and shows how they can be used in a variety of practical situations.

About this title

About the Author

J. B. Kuipers is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Calvin College. In addition to publishing papers and research notes on quaternions, he spent seventeen years in the aerospace industry where his work included developing applications of quaternion theory for aerospace systems. He also developed a six-dimensional graphics system and, as a consequence, is regarded by some as the founder of virtual reality.

From the Back Cover

"The text is written in a clear and readable style well suited for students wishing to master fundamental quaternion concepts."--Mark C. Allman, Senior Engineer, The Boeing Company

"This is the most complete discussion of quaternions and their applications that I have seen."--Alan C. Tribble, author ofA Tribble's Guide to Space

From the Inside Flap

"The text is written in a clear and readable style well suited for students wishing to master fundamental quaternion concepts."--Mark C. Allman, Senior Engineer, The Boeing Company

"This is the most complete discussion of quaternions and their applications that I have seen."--Alan C. Tribble, author of A Tribble's Guide to Space

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0691058725
• ISBN 13: 9780691058726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 394