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OPERATIONS INVOLVING P-VECTORS AND R-MATRICES

Initialize

ZP zero p-vector
ZR initialize r-matrix to null
IR initialize r-matrix to identity

Copy/extend/extract

CP copy p-vector
CR copy r-matrix

Build rotations

RX rotate r-matrix about x
RY rotate r-matrix about y
RZ rotate r-matrix about z

Spherical/Cartesian conversions

S2C spherical to unit vector
C2S unit vector to spherical
S2P spherical to p-vector
P2S p-vector to spherical

Operations on vectors

PPP p-vector plus p-vector
PMP p-vector minus p-vector
PPSP p-vector plus scaled p-vector
PDP inner (=scalar=dot) product of two p-vectors
PXP outer (=vector=cross) product of two p-vectors
PM modulus of p-vector
PN normalize p-vector returning modulus
SXP multiply p-vector by scalar

Operations on matrices

RXR r-matrix multiply
TR transpose r-matrix

Matrix-vector products

RXP product of r-matrix and p-vector
TRXP product of transpose of r-matrix and p-vector

Separation and position-angle

SEPP angular separation from p-vectors
SEPS angular separation from spherical coordinates
PAP position-angle from p-vectors
PAS position-angle from spherical coordinates

Rotation vectors

RV2M r-vector to r-matrix
RM2V r-matrix to r-vector

OPERATIONS INVOLVING PV-VECTORS

Initialize

ZPV zero pv-vector

Copy/extend/extract

CPV copy pv-vector
P2PV append zero velocity to p-vector
PV2P discard velocity component of pv-vector

Spherical/Cartesian conversions

S2PV spherical to pv-vector
PV2S pv-vector to spherical

Operations on vectors

PVPPV pv-vector plus pv-vector
PVMPV pv-vector minus pv-vector
PVDPV inner (=scalar=dot) product of two pv-vectors
PVXPV outer (=vector=cross) product of two pv-vectors
PVM modulus of pv-vector
SXPV multiply pv-vector by scalar
S2XPV multiply pv-vector by two scalars
PVU update pv-vector
PVUP update pv-vector discarding velocity

Matrix-vector products

RXPV product of r-matrix and pv-vector
TRXPV product of transpose of r-matrix and pv-vector

OPERATIONS ON ANGLES

ANP normalize radians to range 0 to 2pi
ANPM normalize radians to range -pi to +pi
A2TF decompose radians into hours, minutes, seconds
A2AF decompose radians into degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds
AF2A degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds to radians
D2TF decompose days into hours, minutes, seconds
TF2A hours, minutes, seconds to radians
TF2D hours, minutes, seconds to days

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