Two Dimensions
Only a single angle is needed to specify a rotation in two dimensions – the angle of rotation. To calculate the rotation two methods can be used, either matrix algebra or complex numbers. In each the rotation is acting to rotate an object counterclockwise through an angle θ about the origin.
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