Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S062

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A Flash-based Demonstration of Quaternions and Spherical Linear Interpolation

Paul Bouthellier


University of Pittsburgh - Titusville

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ABSTRACT

A comparison of rotational methods using matrices, Euler angles, and quaternions is given. The quaternion based technique Slerp - spherical linear interpolation - which allows for smooth rotations between two coordinate frames is also illustrated. Flash programs illustrate the concepts.

Keyword(s): Flash, applications