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1// @(#)root/mathcore:$Id$
2// Authors: W. Brown, M. Fischler, L. Moneta 2005
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6 * Copyright (c) 2005 , LCG ROOT FNAL MathLib Team *
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10
11// Implementation file for quaternion times other non-axial rotations.
12// Decoupled from main Quaternion implementations.
13//
14// Created by: Mark Fischler Tues July 19, 2005
15//
16// Last update: $Id$
17//
19
20namespace ROOT {
21
22namespace Math {
23
24
25// Although the same technique would work with axial rotations,
26// we know that two of the four quaternion components will be zero,
27// and we exploit that knowledge:
28
30 // combination with a RotationX
31 Quaternion q(rx);
32 return Quaternion (
33 U()*q.U() - I()*q.I()
34 , I()*q.U() + U()*q.I()
35 , J()*q.U() + K()*q.I()
36 , K()*q.U() - J()*q.I()
37 );
38}
39
41 // combination with a RotationY
42 Quaternion q(ry);
43 return Quaternion (
44 U()*q.U() - J()*q.J()
45 , I()*q.U() - K()*q.J()
46 , J()*q.U() + U()*q.J()
47 , K()*q.U() + I()*q.J()
48 );
49}
50
52 // combination with a RotationZ
53 Quaternion q(rz);
54 return Quaternion (
55 U()*q.U() - K()*q.K()
56 , I()*q.U() + J()*q.K()
57 , J()*q.U() - I()*q.K()
58 , K()*q.U() + U()*q.K()
59 );
60}
61
63operator * ( RotationX const & r, Quaternion const & q ) {
64 return Quaternion(r) * q; // TODO: improve performance
65}
66
67Quaternion
68operator * ( RotationY const & r, Quaternion const & q ) {
69 return Quaternion(r) * q; // TODO: improve performance
70}
71
72Quaternion
73operator * ( RotationZ const & r, Quaternion const & q ) {
74 return Quaternion(r) * q; // TODO: improve performance
75}
76
77
78} //namespace Math
79} //namespace ROOT
ROOT::R::TRInterface & r
Definition: Object.C:4
float * q
Definition: THbookFile.cxx:87
Rotation class with the (3D) rotation represented by a unit quaternion (u, i, j, k).
Definition: Quaternion.h:47
Scalar I() const
Definition: Quaternion.h:172
Quaternion()
Default constructor (identity rotation)
Definition: Quaternion.h:58
Scalar U() const
Access to the four quaternion components: U() is the coefficient of the identity Pauli matrix,...
Definition: Quaternion.h:171
AVector operator*(const AVector &v) const
Overload operator * for rotation on a vector.
Definition: Quaternion.h:246
Scalar K() const
Definition: Quaternion.h:174
Scalar J() const
Definition: Quaternion.h:173
Rotation class representing a 3D rotation about the X axis by the angle of rotation.
Definition: RotationX.h:43
Rotation class representing a 3D rotation about the Y axis by the angle of rotation.
Definition: RotationY.h:43
Rotation class representing a 3D rotation about the Z axis by the angle of rotation.
Definition: RotationZ.h:43
Namespace for new Math classes and functions.
AxisAngle operator*(RotationX const &r1, AxisAngle const &r2)
Multiplication of an axial rotation by an AxisAngle.
Namespace for new ROOT classes and functions.
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