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Rotating Laser Sword in 3D
In linear algebra, students are introduced to rotational matrices for
and
. This Demonstration shows how the changes in
,
, and
affect the orientation of an object.
Contributed by:
Marvin Jones
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"
Rotating Laser Sword in 3D
" from
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RotatingLaserSwordIn3D/
Contributed by:
Marvin Jones
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