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The matrix is
| 1/2 -1/2 |
| 1/2 1/2 |
Why is this matrix not representing a rotation?
The form of rotation is
| cos x -sin x |
|sin x cos x |
So in this case tan x = 1 and so x = 45...isn't this rotation of 45 degrees?On similar note, for the matrix
| 5 6 |
| -6 5 |
it says it is a rotation of [itex]\theta[/itex] = arctan (-6/5), which I assumed was obtained by saying that cos x = 5 and sin x = -6 so tan x = -6/5...so what is the difference between this example and my problem?edit: for the second example, it actually states that this matrix is a rotation combined with scaling. Is this the main reason why the first problem can't be considered just rotation? Because it is actually also scaled? I mean that the rotation formula I gave was derived using the unit vectors, but the vectors represented by the first problem are not unit because their length is 1/2 not 1...? Idk this seems like trivial difference though..
| 1/2 -1/2 |
| 1/2 1/2 |
Why is this matrix not representing a rotation?
The form of rotation is
| cos x -sin x |
|sin x cos x |
So in this case tan x = 1 and so x = 45...isn't this rotation of 45 degrees?On similar note, for the matrix
| 5 6 |
| -6 5 |
it says it is a rotation of [itex]\theta[/itex] = arctan (-6/5), which I assumed was obtained by saying that cos x = 5 and sin x = -6 so tan x = -6/5...so what is the difference between this example and my problem?edit: for the second example, it actually states that this matrix is a rotation combined with scaling. Is this the main reason why the first problem can't be considered just rotation? Because it is actually also scaled? I mean that the rotation formula I gave was derived using the unit vectors, but the vectors represented by the first problem are not unit because their length is 1/2 not 1...? Idk this seems like trivial difference though..
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