Angle between two vectors after an orthogonal map
Question
Two vectors make an angle of . If is any orthogonal matrix, what angle (in degrees) do and make?
Short answer
. Since , we have and , , so the cosine of the angle is unchanged: orthogonal maps preserve inner products and hence angles.
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