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Axis decomposition of a symmetric matrix (T=AI+BvvT+CvT+vCT+D)

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Fix v=0, put s=vTv, t=vTTv, and P=I−vvT/s. Any real symmetric matrix on three-dimensional Euclidean space has a unique decomposition with CTv=0, Dv=0 and trD=0:
A=21​(trT−st​),B=st/s−A​,C=sPTv​,D=PTP−AP.
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The transverse restriction is a symmetric two-dimensional matrix, whose traceless matrix part has dimension two. Together the two scalars, two components of C and two components of D give the six parameters of T.

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