Computing exponentials of skew-symmetric matrices and logarithms of orthogonal matrices

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-20

  Gallier, J ^a   Xu, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponentials; Interpolation; Logarithms; Rigid motions; Rotations; Skew symmetric matrices

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EXPONENTIALS; LIE GROUP; LOGARITHMS; SKEW-SYMMETRIC MATRICES;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 0037840852     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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