Graphics Reference
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1.6 How to Use the Topic
The topic has a linear narrative and readers with different backgrounds can jump in
at any convenient point. Apart from explaining the mathematical techniques, I have
tried to introduce the reader to the mathematicians behind the techniques. Math-
ematicians such as Hamilton, Cayley, Gibbs, Clifford, Euler, Laplace, Sarrus and
Grassmann have all played a part in rotation transforms and associated mathemat-
ics, and are responsible for the techniques we use today. Hopefully, you will find
this background material relevant and interesting.
