Use of quaternions to numerically solve the problem of the spinning top

Use of quaternions to numerically solve the problem of the spinning top.
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% Use of quaternions to numerically solve the problem of the spinning top
% The top is released with an angular velocity of 1000 revolutions per
% minute(rpm) around its axis of symmetry (the body z axis), which makes
% an angle of 60 ° with the vertical (the inertial Z axis).

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Small Satellites (2024). Use of quaternions to numerically solve the problem of the spinning top (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/39374-use-of-quaternions-to-numerically-solve-the-problem-of-the-spinning-top), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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