[ODE] ODE's Jacobian matrices

Gary R. Van Sickle g.r.vansickle at worldnet.att.net
Mon Sep 29 03:52:50 MST 2003


> Cline mentions that it
> is not exactly true that dC(q)/dt = J * v, but sadly,
> doesn't explain why.  He just says as long as the
> constraint's "rotational error is small", it is a good
> approximation.

IIRC, this has something to do with sin(x) ~= x for small |x|.  When x isn't
small, craziness ensues.

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Gary R. Van Sickle
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