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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} qtransvmat (@var{qib})
## Construct a 3x3 transformation matrix from quaternion @var{qib} that
## is equivalent to rotation of th radians about axis @var{vv}, where
## @code{[@var{vv}, @var{th}] = quaternion (@var{qib})}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: A. S. Hodel <a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu>
## Adapted-By: jwe

function Aib = qtransvmat (qib)

  if (! isvector(qib) || length (qib) != 4)
    error ("qtransvmat: q(%d,%d) must be a quaternion", rows (qib), \
	   columns (qib));
  elseif (max (abs (imag (qib))) != 0)
    error ("qtransvmat: input values must be real");
  endif


  Aib = [(2.*(qib(1)^2 + qib(4)^2) -1.), ...
	 (2.*(qib(1)*qib(2)-qib(3)*qib(4))), ...
	 (2.*(qib(1)*qib(3)+qib(2)*qib(4)));
	 (2.*(qib(1)*qib(2)+qib(3)*qib(4))), ...
	 (2.*(qib(2)*qib(2)+qib(4)*qib(4))-1.), ...
	 (2.*(qib(2)*qib(3)-qib(1)*qib(4)));
	 (2.*(qib(1)*qib(3)-qib(2)*qib(4))), ...
	 (2.*(qib(2)*qib(3)+qib(1)*qib(4))), ...
	 (2.*(qib(3)*qib(3)+qib(4)*qib(4))-1.)];

endfunction