JuliaGeometry / JuliaGeometry/Rotations.jl

Treating antipodal quaternions as equal breaks some operations

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Description

Currently, antipodal quaternions are treated as equal, i.e., q == -q. I can see the motivation for this -- they induce the same rotation -- but this leads to several issues:

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the UnitQuaternion equality, exponential and logarithm operations, and zero(UnitQuaternion), then read the linked issues about the exponential map and infinitesimal unit quaternions. Done means the quaternion equality semantics and zero-value behavior are coherent, with a separate type if needed for infinitesimal operations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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