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In this paper, we present an algorithm that decomposes an n-dimensional rotation into planar rotations. The input data are n points and their images by the rotation to be decomposed. An evaluation of the existing methods and numerical examples are also provided.
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Richard, A., Fuchs, L., Charneau, S. (2010). An Algorithm to Decompose n-Dimensional Rotations into Planar Rotations. In: Barneva, R.P., Brimkov, V.E., Hauptman, H.A., Natal Jorge, R.M., Tavares, J.M.R.S. (eds) Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images. CompIMAGE 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6026. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12712-0_6
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