Solution

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A Givens rotation is the identity outside rows and columns , with the block
The block's transpose times itself is the identity, so the whole matrix satisfies and is an orthogonal matrix. In particular it preserves the Euclidean norm. To annihilate the lower entry of a column pair , take , , ; the rotated pair is . If both entries are zero, take the identity rotation.

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