Understanding 2D Rotation

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This Demonstration allows you to rotate 2D objects. The red square represents the rotated version of the blue square.

Details

This Demonstration allows you to manipulate 2D rotations of objects. It is one in a series of twelve covering TranslationTransform, RotationTransform, ScalingTransform, ReflectionTransform, RescalingTransform and ShearingTransform in 2D and 3D.

External Links

Rotation (Wolfram MathWorld)
Affine Transformation (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Roger Germundsson
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​"Understanding 2D Rotation"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/Understanding2DRotation/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: September 28, 2007