Rx

sknano.core.math.Rx(angle, degrees=False)

Generate the $3\times3$ rotation matrix $R_x(\theta)$ for a rotation about the $x$ axis by an angle $\theta$.

$$\begin{split}R_x = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & \cos\theta & -\sin\theta\\ 0 & \sin\theta & \cos\theta \end{bmatrix}\end{split}$$

Parameters:

• angle (float) – The rotation angle $\theta$ in radians. If the angle is given in degrees, then you must set degrees=True to correctly calculate the rotation matrix.
• degrees (bool, optional) – if True, then angle is converted from degrees to radians.

Returns:

$3\times3$ rotation matrix $R_x(\theta)$ for a rotation about the $x$ axis by an angle $\theta$.

Return type:

ndarray

Examples

>>>

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from sknano.core.math import Rx
>>> Rx(np.pi/4)
array([[ 1.        ,  0.        ,  0.        ],
       [ 0.        ,  0.70710678, -0.70710678],
       [ 0.        ,  0.70710678,  0.70710678]])
>>> np.alltrue(Rx(np.pi/4) == Rx(45, degrees=True))
True