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This module implements axis-angle functionalities.
The axis-angle representation is defined as \(\theta\mathbf{a}\), where \(\mathbf{a}\) is a unit vector indicating the direction of rotation and \(\theta\) is a scalar controlling the angle of rotation. It is important to note that the axis-angle does not perform rotation by itself, but that it can be used to rotate any given vector \(\mathbf{v} \in {\mathbb{R}^3}\) into a vector \(\mathbf{v}'\) using the Rodrigues' rotation formula:
\[\mathbf{v}'=\mathbf{v}\cos(\theta)+(\mathbf{a}\times\mathbf{v})\sin(\theta) +\mathbf{a}(\mathbf{a}\cdot\mathbf{v})(1-\cos(\theta)).\]
More details about the axis-angle formalism can be found on this page.
Functions
from_euler(...): Converts Euler angles to an axis-angle representation.
from_euler_with_small_angles_approximation(...): Converts small Euler angles to an axis-angle representation.
from_quaternion(...): Converts a quaternion to an axis-angle representation.
from_rotation_matrix(...): Converts a rotation matrix to an axis-angle representation.
inverse(...): Computes the axis-angle that is the inverse of the input axis-angle.
is_normalized(...): Determines if the axis-angle is normalized or not.
rotate(...): Rotates a 3d point using an axis-angle by applying the Rodrigues' formula.