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[project @ 2005-04-26 19:24:27 by jwe]
author jwe
date Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:24:47 +0000
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## Copyright (C) 1998 Auburn University.  All rights reserved.
##
## This file is part of Octave.
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} qtrans (@var{v}, @var{q})
## Transform the unit quaternion @var{v} by the unit quaternion @var{q}.
## Returns @code{@var{v} = @var{q}*@var{v}/@var{q}}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: A. S. Hodel <a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu>
## Adapted-By: jwe

function v = qtrans (v, q)

  if (! isvector (v) || length (v) != 4)
    error ("qtrans: v(%d,%d) must be a quaternion", rows (v), columns (v));
  elseif (! isvector (q) || length (q) != 4)
    error ("qtrans: q(%d,%d) must be a quaternion", rows (q), columns (q));
  endif

  v = qmult (q, qmult (v, qinv (q)));

endfunction