rotation
mathematics
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role in
- linear transformations
- In linear algebra: Linear transformations and matrices
Another example is a rotation, which leaves all lengths the same but alters the directions of the vectors. Linear refers to the fact that the transformation preserves vector addition and scalar multiplication. This means that if T is a linear transformation sending a vector v to T(v), then for…
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- relativistic mechanics
- In relativistic mechanics: Relativistic space-time
…thought of as a generalized rotation of points of Minkowski space-time into themselves. It induces an identical rotation on the 4-acceleration and force 4-vectors. To say that both of these 4-vectors experience the same generalized rotation or Lorentz transformation is simply to say that the fundamental laws of motion (105)…
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