Rotation

Rotation with respect to a point O

Is a mapping T from the plane to itself
T :PP

such that

1-T is a geometric transformation

2- T : O → O
3- T : A → A’, such that |OA| = |OA’|, angle
AOA’= θ

O called center of Rotation.

θ called angle of Rotation.

Rotation is denoted by R (O, θ)
See Figure 1
 Figure 1

Some special Rotations w.r.t origin

R (O, 180) : ( x,y ) → (- x,- y)

R (O, -180) : ( x,y ) → (- x,- y)

R (O,90) : ( x,y ) → (- y, x)

R (O,- 270) : ( x,y ) → (- y, x)

R (O,- 90) : ( x,y ) → (y,- x)

R (O,270) : ( x,y ) → (y,- x)

Ex. 1
Prove that the Rotation with respect to a
point O in the plane is an isometry.

See Figure 2
R (O, θ) is a geometric transformation by
definition.
Let R : A → A’ , B → B’
Since |OA| = |OA’| and |OB| = |OB’|
then |AB| = |A’B’|, and R is an is isometry.

Figure 2

Ex. 2
Prove that the composition of two
Reflections through lines L1 and L2 is
equivalent to a Rotation with respect to the
point of intersection of L1 , L2 , with angle
double the angle between these two lines.
See Figure 3
From first Reflection µ1 = µ2 and |OA| = |OB|

From second Reflection µ3 = µ4 and |OB| =

|OA’|. Then |OA| = |OA’| .
Also the angle of Rotation θ = µ1+µ2+µ3+ µ4
=2 (µ2+µ3) = 2 [the angle of intersection].

Figure 3
Problems
1- Find the image of the triangle ABC
A  (1,1), B  (5,1), C  (5,4) by the Rotation R(O,270)
. Investigate by plotting.

2- Find the image of the rectangle ABCD

A  (1, 1), B  (2, 1), C  (2, 7), D  (1, 7) by the
Rotation R(O,90) . Investigate by plotting.

3- Suggest a Rotation which maps any

parallelogram ABCD to it self.