Interpolation of spatial displacements using the clifford algebra of e4

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Etzel, K R ^a   McCarthy, J M ^b  

^a NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTERPOLATION;

CLIFFORD ALGEBRA; DUAL QUATERNIONS; SPATIAL DISPLACEMENTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0033098384     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829427     Document Type: Article

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