Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover
Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
by John Stillwell
ISBN: 0387782141
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fasterik · 2025-12-04 · Original thread
There is also Naive Lie Theory by Stillwell, which is targeted at an undergraduate level. I haven't read it yet, but it's been on my radar for a while.

https://www.amazon.com/Naive-Theory-Undergraduate-Texts-Math...

I'm currently working through Naive Lie Theory https://www.amazon.com/Naive-Theory-Undergraduate-Texts-Math... by Stillwell and there's a lot about quaternions in the first chapter, including their standard matrix representation. You'd need to be familiar with some group theory to fully understand the 3D rotations but the matrix operations are clear enough to start coding with, I think.
earthicus · 2018-10-21 · Original thread
Stillwell[1] discusses quaternions in chapters 1 & 2, although the meat and potatoes of the book is more generally about lie groups and lie algebras. It's pitched at a lower level than most books on this topic by restricting attention to the classical matrix groups.

[1]https://www.amazon.com/Naive-Theory-Undergraduate-Texts-Math...