Quaternions
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Quaternions
\[Q_8 = a\cdot1 + bi + cj + dk\]
where
\[i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = i j k = -1.\ \]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Related reading
- Denis J. Evans "On the representatation of orientation space", Molecular Physics 34 pp. 317-325 (1977)
- Denis J. Evans and Sohail Murad "Singularity free algorithm for molecular dynamics simulation of rigid polyatomics", Molecular Physics 34 pp. 327-331 (1977)
- D. Fincham "An Algorithm for Rotational Motion of Rigid Molecules", CCP5 Newsletter 2 pp. 6-10 (1981)
- Franz J. Vesely "Angular Monte Carlo integration using quaternion parameters: a spherical reference potential for CCl4", Journal of Computational Physics 47 pp. 291-296 (1982)
- Michael P. Allen "A molecular dynamics simulation study of octopoles in the field of a planar surface", Molecular Physics 52 pp. 717-732 (1984)
