diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 449c06b..698f8fe 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Installation
 The package depends on numpy, scipy, cython and GSL (>= 2.0).
 The first three can be obtained by pip. If you have a recent enough OS,
 you can get GSL easily from the repositories; on Debian and derivatives,
-just run `apt-get install libgsl-dev` under root. Alternatively,
+just run ``apt-get install libgsl-dev`` under root. Alternatively,
 you can `get the source 
 <https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/>`_ get the source and compile it yourself.
 
diff --git a/qpms/qpms_c.pyx b/qpms/qpms_c.pyx
index 1bfae8c..6e29399 100644
--- a/qpms/qpms_c.pyx
+++ b/qpms/qpms_c.pyx
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ cdef class cquat:
     Wrapper of the qpms_quat_t object, with the functionality
     to evaluate Wigner D-matrix elements.
     '''
-    cdef qpms_quat_t q
+    cdef readonly qpms_quat_t q
 
     def __cinit__(self, double w, double x, double y, double z):
         cdef qpms_quat4d_t p
@@ -727,3 +727,54 @@ cdef class cquat:
             return 0
         return qpms_wignerD_elem(self.q, l, mp, m)
 
+cdef class irot3:
+    '''
+    Wrapper over the C type qpms_irot3_t.
+    '''
+    cdef qpms_irot3_t qd
+
+    def __cinit__(self, cquat q, short det): # TODO implement a constructor with no arguments
+        if (det != 1 and det != -1):
+            raise ValueError("Improper rotation determinant has to be 1 or -1")
+        self.qd.rot = q.normalise().q
+        self.qd.det = det
+
+    property rot:
+        '''
+        The proper rotation part of the irot3 type.
+        '''
+        def __get__(self):
+            res = cquat(0,0,0,0)
+            res.q = self.qd.rot
+            return res
+        def __set__(self, cquat r):
+            # TODO check for non-zeroness and throw an exception if norm is zero
+            self.qd.rot = r.normalise().q
+
+    property det:
+        '''
+        The determinant of the improper rotation.
+        '''
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.qd.det
+        def __set__(self, d):
+            d = int(d)
+            if (d != 1 and d != -1):
+                raise ValueError("Improper rotation determinant has to be 1 or -1")
+            self.qd.det = d
+
+    def __repr__(self): # TODO make this look like a quaternion with i,j,k
+        return '(' + repr(self.rot) + ', ' + repr(self.det) + ')'
+
+    def __mul__(irot3 self, irot3 other):
+        res = irot3(cquat(1,0,0,0), 1) 
+        res.qd = qpms_irot3_mult(self.qd, other.qd)
+        return res
+
+    def __pow__(irot3 self, int n, _):
+        res = irot3(cquat(1,0,0,0), 1)
+        res.qd = qpms_irot3_pow(self.qd, n)
+        return res
+
+
+
diff --git a/qpms/qpms_cdefs.pxd b/qpms/qpms_cdefs.pxd
index cdfebd7..bc203ca 100644
--- a/qpms/qpms_cdefs.pxd
+++ b/qpms/qpms_cdefs.pxd
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ cdef extern from "wigner.h":
     qpms_quat_t qpms_quat_pow(qpms_quat_t q, double exponent)
     cdouble qpms_wignerD_elem(qpms_quat_t q, qpms_l_t l,
                            qpms_m_t mp, qpms_m_t m)
+    struct qpms_irot3_t:
+        qpms_quat_t rot
+        short det
+    qpms_irot3_t qpms_irot3_mult(qpms_irot3_t p, qpms_irot3_t q)
+    qpms_irot3_t qpms_irot3_pow(qpms_irot3_t p, int n)
 
 
 #cdef extern from "numpy/arrayobject.h":
diff --git a/qpms/wigner.h b/qpms/wigner.h
index 5124e7c..b575e68 100644
--- a/qpms/wigner.h
+++ b/qpms/wigner.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "qpms_types.h"
 
+#include "tiny_inlines.h"
+
 /// Quaternion type.
 /**
  * Internaly represented as a pair of complex numbers,
@@ -20,6 +22,12 @@ typedef struct qpms_quat4d_t {
 	double c1, ci, cj, ck;
 } qpms_quat4d_t;
 
+/// 3D improper rotations represented as a quaternion and a sign of the determinant.
+typedef struct qpms_irot3_t {
+	qpms_quat_t rot; ///< Quaternion representing the rotation part.
+	short det; ///< Determinant of the transformation (valid values are 1 (rotation) or -1 (improper rotation)
+} qpms_irot3_t;
+
 /// Conversion from the 4*double to the 2*complex quaternion.
 // TODO is this really correct? 
 // I.e. do the axis from moble's text match this convention?
@@ -134,4 +142,29 @@ static inline qpms_quat_t qpms_quat_pow(const qpms_quat_t q, const double expone
 complex double qpms_wignerD_elem(qpms_quat_t q, qpms_l_t l,
 	       qpms_m_t	mp, qpms_m_t m);
 
+static inline int qpms_irot3_checkdet(const qpms_irot3_t p) {
+	if (p.det != 1 && p.det != -1) abort();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/// Improper rotation multiplication.
+static inline qpms_irot3_t qpms_irot3_mult(const qpms_irot3_t p, const qpms_irot3_t q) {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+	qpms_irot3_checkdet(p);
+	qpms_irot3_checkdet(q);
+#endif
+	const qpms_irot3_t r = {qpms_quat_normalise(qpms_quat_mult(p.rot, q.rot)), p.det*q.det};
+	return r;
+}
+
+/// Improper rotation power \f$ p^n \f$.
+static inline qpms_irot3_t qpms_irot3_pow(const qpms_irot3_t p, int n) {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+	qpms_irot3_checkdet(p);
+#endif
+	const qpms_irot3_t r = {qpms_quat_normalise(qpms_quat_pow(p.rot, n)),
+		p.det == -1 ? min1pow(n) : 1};
+	return r;
+}
+
 #endif //QPMS_WIGNER_H
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 62f3e7e..e016566
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ setup(name='qpms',
         install_requires=['cython>=0.21','quaternion','spherical_functions',
             #'py_gmm' # no longer needed
             ],
+        # TODO implement https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17366784/setuptools-unable-to-use-link-from-dependency-links and update README.md accordingly
         dependency_links=['https://github.com/texnokrates/py_gmm','https://github.com/moble/quaternion','https://github.com/moble/spherical_functions'],
         ext_modules=cythonize([qpms_c], include_path=['qpms']),
         cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},