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Exercise 2

Avg difficulty 3.0

Write down the formula for each of these distance-preserving maps.

  • the map that rotates π/6\pi/6 radians, and then translates by e⃗2\vec{e}_{2}

  • the map that reflects about the line y=2xy=2x

  • the map that reflects about y=−2xy=-2x and translates over 11 and up 11

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Maps Between Spaces, Orthonormal Matrices, Exercise 2

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