The rotation matrix is closely related to though different from coordinate system transformation matrices bf q discussed on this coordinate transformation page and on this transformation.
													
																	Rotation about x axis matrix. 
									
	
		
	
																	Matrix for rotation by 180 matrix for reflection in y axis. 
																	The other two components are changed as if a 2d rotation has been. 
																	For the rotation matrix r and vector v the rotated vector is given by r v. 
																	Matrix for reflection in the line y x. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Matrix for stretch with the scale factor 2 in the direction of the x axis. 
																	Clearly from the geometry w 1 w 0 wx. 
																	Introduction a rotation matrix bf r describes the rotation of an object in 3 d space. 
																	Is given by the following matrix. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Matrix for enlargement with scale factor 2 center. 
																	It was introduced on the previous two pages covering deformation gradients and polar decompositions. 
																	Rotation of x about the axis w by the angle produces rx u 1u v 1v w 1w. 
																	R rotx ang creates a 3 by 3 matrix for rotating a 3 by 1 vector or 3 by n matrix of vectors around the x axis by ang degrees. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Matrix for rotation by 90 clockwise. 
																	2 1 axis angle to matrix if u v and w form a right handed orthonormal set then any point can be represented as x u 0u v 0v w 0w. 
																	When acting on a matrix each column of the matrix represents a different vector. 
																	If we consider this rotation as occurring in three dimensional space then it can be described as a counterclockwise rotation by an angle θ about the z axis. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	R rotx ang creates a 3 by 3 matrix for rotating a 3 by 1 vector or 3 by n matrix of vectors around the x axis by ang degrees. 
																	For an alterative we to think about using a matrix to represent rotation see basis vectors here. 
																	If we take the point x 1 y 0 this will rotate to the point x cos a y sin a if we take the point x 0 y 1 this will rotate to the point x sin a y cos a 3d rotations. 
																	In linear algebra a rotation matrix is a matrix that is used to perform a rotation in euclidean space for example using the convention below the matrix rotates points in the xy plane counterclockwise through an angle θ with respect to the x axis about the origin of a two dimensional cartesian coordinate system to perform the rotation on a plane point with standard. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Axes x y z proper euler angles share axis for first and last rotation z x z both systems can represent all 3d rotations tait bryan common in engineering applications so we ll use those. 
																	When acting on a matrix each column of the matrix represents a different vector. 
																	For the rotation matrix r and vector v the rotated vector is given by r v.