Rotation Groups
Metric Geometry
2018-02-27 v1
Abstract
A query, about the orbit in real 3-space of a point under an isometry group generated by edge rotations of a tetrahedron, leads to contrasting notions, versus , of "rotation group". The set R of rotations about axes generates two manifestations of an isometry group on : (1). In the {\em stationary} group (R), all axes {\sf B} are fixed under a rotation about {\sf A}. (2). In the {\em peripatetic} group (R), each transforms every rotational axis . {\bf Theorem.} \ If the line is skew to , if each is of infinite order, and if , then both of the orbits and are dense in .
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@article{arxiv.1802.09097,
title = {Rotation Groups},
author = {Donald Silberger and Sylvia Silberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.09097},
year = {2018}
}
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6 pages