def axis_angle_to_quaternion(axis_angle):
    """
    Convert rotations given as axis/angle to quaternions.

    Args:
        axis_angle: Rotations given as a vector in axis angle form,
            as a tensor of shape (..., 3), where the magnitude is
            the angle turned anticlockwise in radians around the
            vector's direction.

    Returns:
        quaternions with real part first, as tensor of shape (..., 4).
    """
    angles = torch.norm(axis_angle, p=2, dim=-1, keepdim=True)
    half_angles = 0.5 * angles
    eps = 1e-6
    small_angles = angles.abs() < eps
    sin_half_angles_over_angles = torch.empty_like(angles)
    sin_half_angles_over_angles[~small_angles] = (
        torch.sin(half_angles[~small_angles]) / angles[~small_angles]
    )
    # for x small, sin(x/2) is about x/2 - (x/2)^3/6
    # so sin(x/2)/x is about 1/2 - (x*x)/48
    sin_half_angles_over_angles[small_angles] = (
        0.5 - (angles[small_angles] * angles[small_angles]) / 48
    )
    quaternions = torch.cat(
        [torch.cos(half_angles), axis_angle * sin_half_angles_over_angles], dim=-1
    )
    return quaternions

    Convert rotations given as axis/angle to quaternions.

    Args:
        axis_angle: Rotations given as a vector in axis angle form,
            as a tensor of shape (..., 3), where the magnitude is
            the angle turned anticlockwise in radians around the
            vector's direction.

    Returns:
        quaternions with real part first, as tensor of shape (..., 4).
    
mGPT/utils/geometry_tools.py