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Re: SO(n) and O(n) questions

Subject: Re: SO(n) and O(n) questions
From: Timothy Murphy
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:09:42 +0000
Newsgroups: sci.math
James wrote:

> Also, geometrically, what is O(n)? I would like to learn even more about
> SO(n) and O(n) geometrically, but I am not sure which questions to ask.
> Can you recommend a good reference for me to learn?

I can't think of a reference - probably "google orthogonal matrix"
is as good as anything -
but it is worth noting that a rotation T in SO(n) is a product
of 2-dimensional rotations,
as can be seen by considering its eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

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