Creating uniform random quaternion and multiplication of two quaternions
<p>I have a python (NumPy) function which creates a uniform random quaternion. I would like to get two quaternion multiplication as 2-dimensional returned array from the same or an another function. The formula of quaternion multiplication in my recent case is Q1*Q2 and Q2*Q1. Here, <code>Q1=(w0, x0, y0, z0)</code> and <code>Q2=(w1, x1, y1, z1)</code> are two quaternions. The expected two quaternion multiplication output (as 2-d returned array) should be </p>

<pre><code>return([-x1*x0 - y1*y0 - z1*z0 + w1*w0, x1*w0 + y1*z0 - z1*y0 +
    w1*x0, -x1*z0 + y1*w0 + z1*x0 + w1*y0, x1*y0 - y1*x0 + z1*w0 +
    w1*z0])
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<p>Can anyone help me please? My codes are here: </p>

<pre><code>def randQ(N):
    #Generates a uniform random quaternion
    #James J. Kuffner 2004 
    #A random array 3xN
    s = random.rand(3,N)
    sigma1 = sqrt(1.0 - s[0])
    sigma2 = sqrt(s[0])
    theta1 = 2*pi*s[1]
    theta2 = 2*pi*s[2]
    w = cos(theta2)*sigma2
    x = sin(theta1)*sigma1
    y = cos(theta1)*sigma1
    z = sin(theta2)*sigma2
    return array([w, x, y, z])
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