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  2. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The standard orientation, where the xy-plane is horizontal and the z-axis points up (and the x- and the y-axis form a positively oriented two-dimensional coordinate system in the xy-plane if observed from above the xy-plane) is called right-handed or positive. 3D Cartesian coordinate handedness. The name derives from the right-hand rule.

  3. Euler angles - Wikipedia

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    The only difference is that Tait–Bryan angles represent rotations about three distinct axes (e.g. x-y-z, or x-y′-z″), while proper Euler angles use the same axis for both the first and third elemental rotations (e.g., z-x-z, or z-x′-z″). This implies a different definition for the line of nodes in the geometrical construction.

  4. Frost diagram - Wikipedia

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    The y axis of the graph displays the free energy. Increasing stability (lower free energy) is lower on the graph, so the higher free energy and higher on the graph a species of an element is, the more unstable and reactive it is. [2]

  5. Rotation of axes in two dimensions - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a rotation of axes in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy - Cartesian coordinate system to an xy′ -Cartesian coordinate system in which the origin is kept fixed and the x′ and y′ axes are obtained by rotating the x and y axes counterclockwise through an angle . A point P has coordinates ( x, y) with respect to the ...

  6. Spherical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a spherical coordinate system is a coordinate system for three-dimensional space where the position of a given point in space is specified by three real numbers: the radial distance r along the radial line connecting the point to the fixed point of origin; the polar angle θ between the radial line and a polar axis; and the ...

  7. Rotation matrix - Wikipedia

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    Rotation matrix. In linear algebra, a rotation matrix is a transformation 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 about the origin of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.

  8. Linear equation - Wikipedia

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    Vertical line of equation x = a Horizontal line of equation y = b. Each solution (x, y) of a linear equation + + = may be viewed as the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the Euclidean plane. With this interpretation, all solutions of the equation form a line, provided that a and b are not both zero. Conversely, every line is the set of all ...

  9. 3D rotation group - Wikipedia

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    In mechanics and geometry, the 3D rotation group, often denoted SO (3), is the group of all rotations about the origin of three-dimensional Euclidean space under the operation of composition. [ 1] By definition, a rotation about the origin is a transformation that preserves the origin, Euclidean distance (so it is an isometry ), and orientation ...