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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 ia Paper 3 8B b Solution by
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Take the half-turn about the -axis, represented by the rotation matrixIt is an orthogonal matrix with determinant , and it fixes the -axis while reversing both perpendicular coordinates. Direct substitution gives , , and . A linear map that permutes the four vertices also preserves their convex hull, which is the solid tetrahedron. Hence this rotation matrix leaves invariant. Its axis joins the midpoints of the two opposite edges and .
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