THE GEOMETRY OF THE EULER ANGLES

Authors
JUNKINS JL SHUSTER MD
Citation
Jl. Junkins et Md. Shuster, THE GEOMETRY OF THE EULER ANGLES, The Journal of the astronautical sciences, 41(4), 1993, pp. 531-543
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
Journal title
The Journal of the astronautical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219142
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
531 - 543
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9142(1993)41:4<531:TGOTEA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The Euler angles are shown to provide a simple means for understanding some of the fundamental results of spherical trigonometry. Spherical trigonometry, in turn, is used to develop a compact expression for the composition of two sets of Euler angles and other relations.