skew.m

%SKEW Create skew-symmetric matrix
%
% S = SKEW(V) is a skew-symmetric matrix formed from V (3x1).
%
%           | 0   -vz  vy|
%           | vz   0  -vx|
%           |-vy   vx  0 |
%
% See also VEX.



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function S = skew(v)
    if isvec(v,3)
        % SO(3) case
        S = [  0   -v(3)  v(2)
              v(3)  0    -v(1)
             -v(2) v(1)   0];
    elseif isvec(v,1)
        % SO(2) case
        S = [0 -v; v 0];
    else
        error('argument must be a 1- or 3-vector');
    end