Rotation group
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(rō′tā·shən ′grüp)
(mathematics) The group consisting of all orthogonal matrices or linear transformations having determinant 1.
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Rotation group
In mathematics rotation group may refer to:
- Circle group, the rotation group in two dimensions
- Rotation group SO(3), the rotation group in three dimensions
- Rotations in 4-dimensional Euclidean space, the group SO(4)
- Orthogonal group, the general rotation group
- A rotation group or proper symmetry group with fixed point
- Cyclic group, rotational symmetry group for an object with n-fold symmetry in a plane of rotation
- Point groups in three dimensions that are rotation groups
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