Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: quaternions-for-python
Version: 1.1.1
Summary: A module for using quaternions in Python.
Home-page: https://github.com/zachartrand/Quaternions
Author: Zach Chartrand
Author-email: zachartrand999@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Keywords: quaternion, rotation, rotate, 3d, euler, spin, complex,,imaginary, dot, cross, product, gimbal-lock, hamilton, versor,,norm, vector, axis, math, mathematics
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/x-rst
License-File: LICENSE.md

Quaternions
###########

Class and mathematical functions for quaternion numbers.

Installation
============
Python
------

This is a Python 3 module.  If you don't have Python installed, get the latest
version `here`_.

.. _here: https://www.python.org/downloads/

The Quaternions module
----------------------

Install with pip::

  pip install quaternions-for-python


If you want to build from source, you can clone the repository with the following
terminal command::

  git clone https://github.com/zachartrand/Quaternions.git

How to use
==========
Using the quaternions module
----------------------------

The quaternions module is designed to be imported to use quaternion numbers
just like complex numbers in Python. The rest of this file assumes you
import the class like this:


>>> from quaternions import Quaternion


To create a quaternion, simply type

>>> Quaternion(a, b, c, d)

where a, b, c, and d correspond to a quaternion of the form ``a + bi + cj + dk``.
For example, creating the quaternion ``1 - 2i - 3j + 4k`` looks like this in the
Python interpreter:


>>> q1 = Quaternion(1, -2, -3, 4)
>>> q1
Quaternion(1.0, -2.0, -3.0, 4.0)
>>> print(q1)
(1 - 2i - 3j + 4k)


Quaternions have mathematical functionality built in. Adding or multipling two
quaternions together uses the same syntax as ints and floats:

>>> q1, q2 = Quaternion(1, -2, -3, 4), Quaternion(1, 4, -3, -2)
>>> print(q1)
(1 - 2i - 3j + 4k)
>>> print(q2)
(1 + 4i - 3j - 2k)
>>> print(q1 + q2)
(2 + 2i - 6j + 2k)
>>> print(q1 - q2)
(-6i + 0j + 6k)
>>> print(q2 - q1)
(6i + 0j - 6k)
>>> print(q1 * q2)
(8 + 20i + 6j + 20k)
>>> print(q2 * q1)
(8 - 16i - 18j - 16k)
>>> print(q1/q2)
(-0.19999999999999996 - 0.8i - 0.4j - 0.4k)
>>> print(1/q2 * q1)
(-0.19999999999999996 + 0.4i + 0.4j + 0.8k)
>>> print(q2/q1)
(-0.19999999999999996 + 0.8i + 0.4j + 0.4k)


Check the documentation for other useful methods of the Quaternion class.

Using the qmath module
----------------------

The qmath module contains some functions that are compatible with quaternions,
similarly to how the cmath module works. These include the exponential function,
the natural logarithm, and the pow function. It also includes a function,
rotate3d, that takes an iterable of coordinates and rotates them a given angle
around a given axis (the z-axis by default). Here is an example rotating the
point (1, 0, 0) around the z-axis:

>>> from quaternions import qmath
>>>
>>> p = (1, 0, 0)
>>>
>>> p = qmath.rotate3d(p, 90); print(p)
(0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
>>> p = qmath.rotate3d(p, 90); print(p)
(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
>>> p = qmath.rotate3d(p, 90); print(p)
(0.0, -1.0, 0.0)
>>> p = qmath.rotate3d(p, 90); print(p)
(1.0, 0.0, 0.0)


