## Copyright (C) 2011   Lukas F. Reichlin
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{norm2} =} norm2 (@var{q})
## Return squared norm of a quaternion.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
## Created: November 2011
## Version: 0.1

function ret = norm2 (a)

  ret = a.w.^2 + a.x.^2 + a.y.^2 + a.z.^2;

endfunction