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Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by smilliken on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:02PM (#17937227)
I wrote a simple version of Google Earth for the Microsoft Surface in 2008 or so (back when Surface was a computer in the shape of a table with a touch interface). I felt pretty smart when I invented quaternions using matrices for rotating the globe, and then later realized what I was doing.
Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by dreamcompiler on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:58PM (#17939326)
Yeah, no. If you're using matrix-based transforms, you're not using quaternions.

Edit: I'm oversimplifying. There's no reason you can't use both. But if you're exclusively using matrices, then by definition you're not using quaternions.

Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by Ralith on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:14PM (#17939195)
> I invented quaternions using matrices

what

Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by jazzyjackson on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:39AM (#17940084)
I read that as "I was representing my dimensions as vectors and figured out a way to use 4D matricies for the math to work out and later found out that quaternions were a thing"
Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by posterboy on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:27AM (#17940063)
Am I correct suspecting quaternions were tensors?