quaternion normalization and shifting by 30

By meiers , 29 August 2014

Hi
I do not understand why MPL using shifting in quaternion operations.
For example 1 is represented by 1073741824.
I see that this is for normalization but I do not get the necesity and benefit of this.
Could some expert tell me details of this quaternion shifting approach?
Thanks in advance
Abdullah

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