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Meaning of "versor" in Geometric Algebra
[edit]Geometric Algebra models geometric systems using Clifford Algebras Clp,q,r(R). The quaternions emerge as a specific subalgebra of Cl3,0,0(R) - the whole algebra can perform rotations, reflections, and rotoreflections that preserve the origin in 3D; the quaternions perform the rotations specifically.
Clp,q,r(R) is the original and still most-famous example of a geometric algebra, but many others exist, and have different kinds of objects in place of the quaternions (sometimes generalizing them, such the case of Dual Quaternions being the even subalgebra. Other Clifford Algebras many generalizations of quaternions are considered. Quaternions are the special case of Where quaternions do rotations in 3D space, GA con