A minimal atlas for the rotation group SO(3)

DOI10.1007/s13137-011-0018-xzbMath1226.22027MaRDI QIDQ644418

Erik W. Grafarend, Wolfgang Kuehnel

Publication date: 4 November 2011

Published in: GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-011-0018-x

zbMATH Keywords

quaternions; Euler angles; chart; Cardan angles; gimbal lock

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

22E70: Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

57R55: Differentiable structures in differential topology

20H15: Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups

86A30: Geodesy, mapping problems