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:::::::::So... let's review: a quaternion consists of four orthogonal components. What you term the "scalar part" is a part of an orthonormal basis for quaternions. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 18:30, 17 October 2015 (UTC) |
:::::::::So... let's review: a quaternion consists of four orthogonal components. What you term the "scalar part" is a part of an orthonormal basis for quaternions. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 18:30, 17 October 2015 (UTC) |
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::::::::::A scalar is not orthogonal to a vector.--[[User:Grondilu|Grondilu]] ([[User talk:Grondilu|talk]]) 18:40, 17 October 2015 (UTC) |
::::::::::A scalar is not orthogonal to a vector.--[[User:Grondilu|Grondilu]] ([[User talk:Grondilu|talk]]) 18:40, 17 October 2015 (UTC) |
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:::::::::::Except we are working with quaternions, and the "scalar part of a quaternion" is indeed orthogonal to any "vector part of a quaternion". --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 18:57, 17 October 2015 (UTC) |
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== J's orthonormality expression. == |
== J's orthonormality expression. == |
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