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Corrected a minor typo ('compiler' entered as 'complier'), although it should read: complainer.
This text says that you rotate a vector Q by a rotation z with the formula :
It always complains about the text I enter when saving, even when I try to write beautifull proza. :D
 
[[User:Hans541 Tomsen|Hans541 Tomsen]] 15:59, 11 August 2007 (PDT)
    Q' = zQz<sup>-1</sup>
 
Strangely enough, I tried to multiply a vector by a rotation in LSL, and it always gives the same result as
 
    Q' = z<sup>-1</sup>Qz
 
Has someone got an explanation for that mistery?

Revision as of 04:31, 6 December 2007

This text says that you rotate a vector Q by a rotation z with the formula :

    Q' = zQz-1

Strangely enough, I tried to multiply a vector by a rotation in LSL, and it always gives the same result as

   Q' = z-1Qz

Has someone got an explanation for that mistery?