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#### Procedure

       void xf2eul_c ( ConstSpiceDouble     xform  [6][6],
                       SpiceInt             axisa,
                       SpiceInt             axisb,
                       SpiceInt             axisc,
                       SpiceDouble          eulang [6],
                       SpiceBoolean       * unique         )

#### Abstract

       Convert a state transformation matrix to Euler angles and their
       derivatives with respect to a specified set of axes.

       The companion routine eul2xf_c converts Euler angles and their
       derivatives with respect to a specified set of axes to a state
       transformation matrix.

#### Required_Reading

       ROTATION
       PCK

#### Keywords

       ANGLES
       STATE
       DERIVATIVES

#### Brief_I/O

       VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       xform      I   A state transformation matrix.
       axisa      I   Axis A of the Euler angle factorization.
       axisb      I   Axis B of the Euler angle factorization.
       axisc      I   Axis C of the Euler angle factorization.
       eulang     O   An array of Euler angles and their derivatives.
       unique     O   Indicates if eulang is a unique representation.

#### Detailed_Input

       xform       is a state transformation from some frame frame1 to
                   another frame frame2.  Pictorially, xform has the
                   structure shown here.

                        [       |        ]
                        |  r    |    0   |
                        |       |        |
                        |-------+--------|
                        |       |        |
                        | dr/dt |    r   |
                        [       |        ]

                   where r is a rotation that varies with respect to time
                   and dr/dt is its time derivative.

                   More specifically, if s1 is the state of some object
                   in frame1, then s2, the state of the same object
                   relative to frame2 is given by

                      s2 = xform*s1

                   where '*' denotes the matrix vector product.

       axisa       are the axes desired for the factorization of r.
       axisb       All must be in the range from 1 to 3.  Moreover
       axisc       it must be the case that axisa and axisb are distinct
                   and that axisb and axisc are distinct.

                   Every rotation matrix can be represented as a product
                   of three rotation matrices about the principal axes
                   of a reference frame.

                       r =  [ alpha ]     [ beta ]     [ gamma ]
                                     axisa        axisb         axisc

                   The value 1 corresponds to the X axis.
                   The value 2 corresponds to the Y axis.
                   The value 3 corresponds to the Z axis.

#### Detailed_Output

       eulang      is the set of Euler angles corresponding to the
                   specified factorization.

                   If we represent r as shown here:

                       r =  [ alpha ]     [ beta ]     [ gamma ]
                                     axisa        axisb         axisc

                   then

                      eulang[0] = alpha
                      eulang[1] = beta
                      eulang[2] = gamma
                      eulang[3] = dalpha/dt
                      eulang[4] = dbeta/dt
                      eulang[5] = dgamma/dt

                   The range of alpha and gamma is (-pi, pi].

                   The range of beta depends on the exact set of
                   axes used for the factorization.  For
                   factorizations in which the first and third axes
                   are the same, the range of beta is [0, pi].

                   For factorizations in which the first and third
                   axes are different, the range of beta is
                   [-pi/2, pi/2].

                   For rotations such that alpha and gamma are not
                   uniquely determined, alpha and dalpha/dt will
                   always be set to zero; gamma and dgamma/dt are
                   then uniquely determined.

       unique      is a logical that indicates whether or not the
                   values in eulang are uniquely determined.  If
                   the values are unique then unique will be set to
                   SPICETRUE.  If the values are not unique and some
                   components ( eulang[0] and eulang[3] ) have been set
                   to zero, then unique will have the value SPICEFALSE.

#### Parameters

       None.

#### Exceptions

       All erroneous inputs are diagnosed by routines in the call
       tree to this routines.  These include

       1)   If any of axisa, axisb, or axisc do not have values in

               { 1, 2, 3 },

            then the error SPICE(INPUTOUTOFRANGE) is signaled.

       2)   An arbitrary rotation matrix cannot be expressed using
            a sequence of Euler angles unless the second rotation axis
            differs from the other two.  If axisb is equal to axisc or
            axisa, then the error SPICE(BADAXISNUMBERS) is signaled.

       3)   If the input matrix r is not a rotation matrix, the error
            SPICE(NOTAROTATION) is signaled.

       4)   If eulang[0] and eulang[2] are not uniquely determined,
            EULANG[0] is set to zero, and EULANG[2] is determined.

#### Files

       None.

#### Particulars

       A word about notation:  the symbol

          [ x ]
               i

       indicates a coordinate system rotation of x radians about the
       ith coordinate axis.  To be specific, the symbol

          [ x ]
               1

       indicates a coordinate system rotation of x radians about the
       first, or x-, axis; the corresponding matrix is

          +-                    -+
          |  1      0       0    |
          |                      |
          |  0    cos(x)  sin(x) |.
          |                      |
          |  0   -sin(x)  cos(x) |
          +-                    -+

       Remember, this is a COORDINATE SYSTEM rotation by x radians; this
       matrix, when applied to a vector, rotates the vector by -x
       radians, not x radians.  Applying the matrix to a vector yields
       the vector's representation relative to the rotated coordinate
       system.

       The analogous rotation about the second, or y-, axis is
       represented by

          [ x ]
               2

       which symbolizes the matrix

          +-                    -+
          | cos(x)   0   -sin(x) |
          |                      |
          |  0       1      0    |,
          |                      |
          | sin(x)   0    cos(x) |
          +-                    -+

       and the analogous rotation about the third, or z-, axis is
       represented by

          [ x ]
               3

       which symbolizes the matrix

          +-                    -+
          |  cos(x)  sin(x)   0  |
          |                      |
          | -sin(x)  cos(x)   0  |.
          |                      |
          |  0        0       1  |
          +-                    -+

       The input matrix is assumed to be the product of three
       rotation matrices, each one of the form

          +-                    -+
          |  1      0       0    |
          |                      |
          |  0    cos(r)  sin(r) |     (rotation of r radians about the
          |                      |      x-axis),
          |  0   -sin(r)  cos(r) |
          +-                    -+

          +-                    -+
          | cos(s)   0   -sin(s) |
          |                      |
          |  0       1      0    |     (rotation of s radians about the
          |                      |      y-axis),
          | sin(s)   0    cos(s) |
          +-                    -+

       or

          +-                    -+
          |  cos(t)  sin(t)   0  |
          |                      |
          | -sin(t)  cos(t)   0  |     (rotation of t radians about the
          |                      |      z-axis),
          |  0        0       1  |
          +-                    -+

       where the second rotation axis is not equal to the first or
       third.  Any rotation matrix can be factored as a sequence of
       three such rotations, provided that this last criterion is met.

       This routine is related to the routine eul2xf_c which produces
       a state transformation from an input set of axes, Euler angles
       and derivatives.

       The two function calls shown here will not change xform except for
       round off errors.

          xf2eul_c ( xform,  axisa, axisb, axisc, eulang, &unique );
          eul2xf_c ( eulang, axisa, axisb, axisc, xform           );

       On the other hand the two calls

          eul2xf_c ( eulang, axisa, axisb, axisc, xform           );
          xf2eul_c ( xform,  axisa, axisb, axisc, eulang, &unique );

       will leave eulang unchanged only if the components of eulang
       are in the range produced by xf2eul_c and the Euler representation
       of the rotation component of xform is unique within that range.

#### Examples

       Suppose that you wish to determine the rate of change of
       the right ascension and declination of the pole of Jupiter,
       from the state transformation matrix that transforms J2000
       states to object fixed states.

       Using this routine with the routine sxform_c you can determine
       these instanteous rates.

       Recall that the rotation component of tsipm is given by

          [w]  [halfpi_c-dec] [ra+halfpi_c]
             3               1             3

       Thus the calls

          sxform_c ( "J2000", "IAU_JUPITER", et, tsipm   );
          xf2eul_c (  tsipm,  3, 1, 3,   eulang, &unique );

       yield the following:

          eulang[0] is  w
          eulang[1] is  pi/2 - dec
          eulang[2] is  ra   + pi/2
          eulang[3] is  d w/dt
          eulang[4] is -d dec/dt
          eulang[5] is  d ra/dt

       Hence:

          d dec/dt = -eulang[4]

#### Restrictions

       None.

#### Literature_References

       None.

#### Author_and_Institution

       W.L. Taber      (JPL)
       N.J. Bachman    (JPL)

#### Version

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 05-MAR-2008 (NJB)

          Fixed typo (missing double quote character) in code example.
          Corrected order of header sections.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 15-JUN-1999 (WLT) (NJB)

#### Index_Entries

       Euler angles and derivatives from state transformation

#### Link to routine xf2eul_c source file xf2eul_c.c

    Wed Apr  5 17:54:48 2017