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  2. Rotation of axes in two dimensions - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a rotation of axes in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system in which the origin is kept fixed and the x′ and y′ axes are obtained by rotating the x and y axes counterclockwise through an angle .

  3. Rotation matrix - Wikipedia

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    A 180° rotation (middle) followed by a positive 90° rotation (left) is equivalent to a single negative 90° (positive 270°) rotation (right). Each of these figures depicts the result of a rotation relative to an upright starting position (bottom left) and includes the matrix representation of the permutation applied by the rotation (center ...

  4. Euler–Rodrigues formula - Wikipedia

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    Rotation is given by ′ (′ + ′ + ′) = † = (+ +) (+ + +), which it can be confirmed by multiplying out gives the Euler–Rodrigues formula as stated above. Thus, the Euler parameters are the real and imaginary coordinates in an SU(2) matrix corresponding to an element of the spin group Spin(3), which maps by a double cover mapping to a ...

  5. Rotations and reflections in two dimensions - Wikipedia

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    These equations can be proved through straightforward matrix multiplication and application of trigonometric identities, specifically the sum and difference identities.. The set of all reflections in lines through the origin and rotations about the origin, together with the operation of composition of reflections and rotations, forms a group.

  6. Quaternions and spatial rotation - Wikipedia

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    3D visualization of a sphere and a rotation about an Euler axis (^) by an angle of In 3-dimensional space, according to Euler's rotation theorem, any rotation or sequence of rotations of a rigid body or coordinate system about a fixed point is equivalent to a single rotation by a given angle about a fixed axis (called the Euler axis) that runs through the fixed point. [6]

  7. Spherical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The sign of the azimuth is determined by designating the rotation that is the positive sense of turning about the zenith. This choice is arbitrary, and is part of the coordinate system definition. (If the inclination is either zero or 180 degrees (= π radians), the azimuth is arbitrary. If the radius is zero, both azimuth and inclination are ...

  8. Rotation - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding rotation axis must be defined to point in a direction that limits the rotation angle to not exceed 180 degrees. (This can always be done because any rotation of more than 180 degrees about an axis m {\displaystyle m} can always be written as a rotation having 0 ≤ α ≤ 180 ∘ {\displaystyle 0\leq \alpha \leq 180^{\circ ...

  9. Axis–angle representation - Wikipedia

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    The angle θ and axis unit vector e define a rotation, concisely represented by the rotation vector θe.. In mathematics, the axis–angle representation parameterizes a rotation in a three-dimensional Euclidean space by two quantities: a unit vector e indicating the direction of an axis of rotation, and an angle of rotation θ describing the magnitude and sense (e.g., clockwise) of the ...