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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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 geometry, there exist various rotation formalisms to express a rotation in three dimensions as a mathematical transformation. In physics, this concept...
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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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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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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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In mathematics, the rotation number is an invariant of homeomorphisms of the circle. It was first defined by Henri Poincaré in 1885, in relation to the...
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may also refer to: Rotation (anatomy) Rotation (mathematics) Rotation (medicine), medical student training Rotation (physics), ratio between a given angle...
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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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The coin rotation paradox is the counter-intuitive mathematical fact that, when one coin is rolled without slipping around the rim of another coin of equal...
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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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In mathematics and physics, vector is a term that refers to quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number (a scalar), or to elements of some...
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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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numerical linear algebra, a Givens rotation is a rotation in the plane spanned by two coordinates axes. Givens rotations are named after Wallace Givens,...
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In discrete mathematics, tree rotation is an operation on a binary tree that changes the structure without interfering with the order of the elements....
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to a reflection. The statements above can be expressed more mathematically. Let a rotation about the origin O by an angle θ be denoted as Rot(θ). Let a...
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two rotations results in another rotation, every rotation has a unique inverse rotation, and the identity map satisfies the definition of a rotation. Owing...
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In mathematics, the group of rotations about a fixed point in four-dimensional Euclidean space is denoted SO(4). The name comes from the fact that it...
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Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space...
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infinitesimal rotation matrix or differential rotation matrix is a matrix representing an infinitely small rotation. While a rotation matrix is an orthogonal...
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Euler angles (redirect from Euler rotation)
composition of rotations (i.e. chained rotations). The geometrical definition demonstrates that three consecutive elemental rotations (rotations about the...
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binary aspects of mathematical or scientific objects, such as odd and even (sign of a permutation), sense of orientation or rotation (cw/ccw), one sided...
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mathematics, a function defined on an inner product space is said to have rotational invariance if its value does not change when arbitrary rotations...
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Pure mathematics is the study of mathematical concepts independently of any application outside mathematics. These concepts may originate in real-world...
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In mathematics, a matrix (pl.: matrices) is a rectangular array or table of numbers, symbols, or expressions, with elements or entries arranged in rows...
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In mathematics, an invariant is a property of a mathematical object (or a class of mathematical objects) which remains unchanged after operations or transformations...
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Optical rotation, also known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about...
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List of topics named after Leonhard Euler (redirect from List of mathematical properties and tools named after Leonhard Euler)
In mathematics and physics, many topics are named in honor of Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who made many important discoveries and...
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Charts on SO(3) (redirect from Hypersphere of rotations)
In mathematics, the special orthogonal group in three dimensions, otherwise known as the rotation group SO(3), is a naturally occurring example of a manifold...
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In mathematics, a group is a set with a binary operation that satisfies: the operation being associative, it having an identity element, and every element...
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