3D geometry is interesting because there’s a direct analogy between this type of math and 3 dimensional physical space. This means that to work certain things out about 3 dimensional space, you need to understand 3D geometery. In the other direction, it also means that to understand 3D geometry, you can just build 3D models (which in my case translates to “cardboard boxes and knitting needles”) and see how parts of the models actually move through space. Handy.
Anyway, I’ve realized that I’ve never really given much in depth thought to 3D space or 3D geometry until now. As it turns out, I’m really quite ignorant with respect to how objects move in three dimensions, and also with respect to how to model and describe this movement mathematical. That’s all starting to change now, however.
One of the new mathematical concepts I’m grappling with
is Euler
Angles.
posted at 11:15 on Thu, 01 Mar, 2007 |
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