MHB Theman123's question at Yahoo Answers (Rotation and reflection)

[Fernando Revilla]

Here is the question:

Let S:ℝ2→ℝ2 be the linear transformation that first rotates points clockwise through 60∘ and then reflects points through the origin.
The standard matrix of S is

Let T:ℝ2→ℝ2 be the linear transformation that first reflects points through the origin and then rotates points clockwise through 60∘.

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Let S:

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[Fernando Revilla]

Hello theman123,

According to a well-known property, the matrix of the linear transformation that rotates points clockwise through $60^0$ with respect to the canonical basis $B_c$ of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $$A=\begin{bmatrix}{\cos (-60^{0})}&{-\sin (-60^{0})}\\{\sin (-60^{0})}&{\;\;\cos (-60^{0})}\end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}{\;\; 1/2}&{\sqrt{3}/2}\\{-\sqrt{3}/2}&{1/2}\end{bmatrix}$$ and the matrix of the reflection through the origin with respect to $B_c$ is: $$B=\begin{bmatrix}{\cos (180^{0})}&{-\sin (180^{0})}\\{\sin (180^{0})}&{\;\;\cos (180^{0})}\end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}{-1}&{\;\;0}\\{\;\;0}&{-1}\end{bmatrix}=-I$$ So, $_{B_c}=BA=-A$ and $[T]_{B_c}=AB=-A$.