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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Paper 1 18 d ii Solution by
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Among the two orthogonal matrices from part (d)(i), gives , a rotation matrix through angle . For , the determinant is , so the matrix reverses orientation and is a reflection rather than a rotation:It is the reflection matrix across the axis.
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