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DescriptionRotation of unit vectors.svg
English: It is simpler to derive the 2-dimensional rotation formula if instead of rotating the vector, you instead rotate the unit vectors because they have simpler alignment with the axes. Then do a bit of algebra to get the rotation matrix for any vector.
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Guy vandegrift
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Rotation of unit vectors if coordinate system is rotated