Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2002/ia/paper-1/7b/b/solution

Orient the axis towards and measure positive angles by the right-hand rule about . The vectors , and form a positively oriented orthonormal basis, since . Its change-of-basis matrix is
Relative to this basis, the rotation fixes the first coordinate and rotates the last two. Writing and , its matrix in the standard basis is therefore
In particular , , and , verifying the axis and the direction of rotation. Reversing the chosen orientation of the axis replaces by .

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