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Euler's Displacement Theorem

The general displacement of a rigid body (or coordinate frame) with one point fixed is a Rotation about some axis. Furthermore, a Rotation may be described in any basis using three Angles.

See also Euclidean Motion, Euler Angles, Rigid Motion, Rotation




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1999-05-25