Rotation isometry on the complex plane derivation

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Dear All,
In the 2nd paragraph of the attachment can you please explain to me why we are trying to make ## r(z) = z ##

and what does "As r is not the identity..." mean??

and how did the line ## L = 0.5*b + ρe^{θ/2} ## come about?

Danke...
 
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  • Printed page of a textbook proof about isometries of the complex plane, with key sentences highlighted in yellow, including the definitions of maps t and r and the line L = {b/2 + ρe^(iθ/2) : ρ ∈ ℝ}.
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The second sentence starts "If (ii) Is true" so everything said here depends upon "(ii)" being true but we don't know what "(ii)" is!
 
Oops sorry!.

The missing scan is in this attachement.

danke.
 
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  • Scanned textbook page showing Theorem 3.4.3 on isometries of the plane: f(z) = az + b with |a| = 1 is a translation if a = 1 and a rotation if a ≠ 1; part (ii) gives reflection or glide reflection depending on whether a·b̄ + b = 0.
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"r is not the identity" means "r is not the identity map", which means "r is not the unique function f such that f(z)=z for all z". So there's at least one complex number z such that r(z)≠z.