> matrix inversion. (This is a 4x4 translation matrix, right?)

yes, 4x4.

> A^-1 * A = I
>
> so
>
> A^-1 * A * ? = A^-1 * B
>
> ? = A^-1 * B
>
> I think, anyway. The inverse is trivial to write. Almost no calculation.

If that is all it is then that is great.

Matrix multiplication is not commutative. So that scares me away from
trying to do any algabraic operations.

> See
>
> http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~allen/F03/NOTES/frames.pdf
> http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~allen/F03/NOTES/equivaxis.pdf
>
> actually,
>
> http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~allen/F03/classnotes.html
>
> is pretty nice as well.
>
> Do these answer your question?

Probably ... I will check out these links and build some toy code into
Jmol to play around.

Will advise.


Miguel



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