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We present a closed-form solution to Wahba's problem in the quaternion domain for the special case of two vector observations. Existing approaches, including Davenport's $q$-method, QUEST, Horn's method, and ESOQ algorithms, recover the…

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Historically, there have been many attempts to produce an appropriate mathematical formalism for modeling the nature of physical space, such as Euclid's geometry, Descartes' system of Cartesian coordinates, the Argand plane, Hamilton's…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 James M. Chappell , Azhar Iqbal , Derek Abbott

Details for known solutions of some geometric and algebraic problems with the help of origami are presented: two theorems of Haga, the general cubic equation, especially the heptagon equation, doubling the cube as well as the trisection of…

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The problems of point-cloud registration and attitude estimation from vector observations (Wahba's problem) have widespread applications in computer vision and mobile robotics. This work introduces a simple approach for integrating sets of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Jose Luis Blanco-Claraco

We discuss an approach to gravitational waves based on Geometric Algebra and Gauge Theory Gravity. After a brief introduction to Geometric Algebra (GA), we consider Gauge Theory Gravity, which uses symmetries expressed within the GA of flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-13 Anthony N. Lasenby

Geometric (Clifford) algebra provides an efficient mathematical language for describing physical problems. We formulate general relativity in this language. The resulting formalism combines the efficiency of differential forms with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthew R. Francis , Arthur Kosowsky

We revisit the topic of two-state quantum systems using Geometric Algebra (GA) in three dimensions $\mathcal G_3$. In this description, both the quantum states and Hermitian operators are written as elements of $\mathcal G_3$. By writing…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Pedro Amao , Hernán Castillo

A new simplified approach for teaching electromagnetism is presented using the formalism of geometric algebra (GA) which does not require vector calculus or tensor index notation, thus producing a much more accessible presentation for…

Physics Education · Physics 2010-11-11 James M. Chappell , Azhar Iqbal , Derek Abbott

Alternative mathematical explorations in quantum computing can be of great scientific interest, especially if they come with penetrating physical insights. In this paper, we present a critical revisitation of our geometric (Clifford)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Carlo Cafaro , Newshaw Bahreyni , Leonardo Rossetti

The earlier approach is used for description of qubits and geometric phase parameters, the things critical in the area of topological quantum computing. The used tool, Geometric (Clifford) Algebra is the most convenient formalism for that…

General Physics · Physics 2015-02-10 Alexander M. Soiguine

In this paper, we present a series of techniques to describe General Relativity using Geometric Algebra (GA). We emphasize the physical interpretation of quantities and provide a step-by-step guide for performing calculations. In doing so,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-26 Pablo Banon Perez , Maarten DeKieviet

The Wahba problem, also known as rotation search, seeks to find the best rotation to align two sets of vector observations given putative correspondences, and is a fundamental routine in many computer vision and robotics applications. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Heng Yang , Luca Carlone

This paper revisits the topic of rotation estimation through the lens of special unitary matrices. We begin by reformulating Wahba's problem using $SU(2)$ to derive multiple solutions that yield linear constraints on corresponding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Akshay Chandrasekhar

We use the holomorphic anomaly equation to solve the gravitational corrections to Seiberg-Witten theory and a two-cut matrix model, which is related by the Dijkgraaf-Vafa conjecture to the topological B-model on a local Calabi-Yau manifold.…

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This paper exploits Geometric (Clifford) Algebra (GA) theory in order to devise and introduce a new adaptive filtering strategy. From a least-squares cost function, the gradient is calculated following results from Geometric Calculus (GC),…

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What is the best representation for doing euclidean geometry on computers? These notes from a SIGGRAPH 2019 short course entitled "Geometric algebra for computer graphics" introduce projective geometric algebra (PGA) as a modern framework…

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The discussion of how to apply geometric algebra to euclidean $n$-space has been clouded by a number of conceptual misunderstandings which we first identify and resolve, based on a thorough review of crucial but largely forgotten themes…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Charles G. Gunn

A method to the explict solutions of general systems of algebraic equations is presented via the metric form of affiliated K\"ahler manifolds. The solutions to these systems arise from sets of geodesic second order non-linear differential…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gordon Chalmers

A universal symmetry algebra organizing the gravitational phase space has been recently found. It corresponds to the subset of diffeomorphisms that become physical at corners -- codimension-$2$ surfaces supporting Noether charges. It…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-10 Luca Ciambelli , Robert G. Leigh

Orbit determination (OD) from three position vectors is one of the classical problems in astrodynamics. Early contributions to this problem were made by J. Willard Gibbs in the late 1800s and OD of this type is known today as ``Gibbs…

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