quaternion

quaternion class, vectorized, converts among rotation representations, numerical Euler propagation
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quaternion.m is a matlab class that implements quaternion mathematical operations, 3 dimensional rotations, transformations of rotations among several representations, and numerical propagation of Euler’s equations for rotational motion. All quaternion.m class methods except PropagateEulerEq are fully vectorized.

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Mark Tincknell (2024). quaternion (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/33341-quaternion), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2013b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Version Published Release Notes
1.8.0.0

Fixed bug noted by Nathan Pust (thank you!) in rotationmatrix, updated RotationMatix, updated OmegaAxis, fixed bug in equiv.

1.7.0.0

Changes: revised error messages, corrected repmat syntax
New methods: ComplexMatrix, complexmatrix, integrateomega, Integral, ModifiedRodrigues, modifiedrodrigues, Rodrigues, rodrigues, RotateTensor

1.6.0.0

Added missing unitvector function for OmegaAxis method

1.5.0.0

change normalize, rand; fix isequal*, rotateutov; add dot, interp1, randRot

1.3.0.0

added quaternion.OmegaAxis to get angular velocity vectors from time series of quaternions

1.2.0.0

A few new methods and small bug fixes

1.1.0.0

fixed bugs, added some new methods

1.0.0.0