Exercise 6.5.26

Answers

Here we have

[T]α = (cos ϕsin ϕ sin ϕ cos ϕ )

and

[U]α = (cos 2ψ sin 2ψ sin 2ψ cos 2ψ ).
1.
Compute
[UT]α = [U]α[T]α = (cos 2(ψ ϕ 2 ) sin 2(ψ ϕ 2 ) sin 2(ψ ϕ 2 )cos 2(ψ ϕ 2 ) ).

So the angle is ψ ϕ 2 .

2.
Compute
[TU]α = [T]α[U]α = (cos 2(ψ + ϕ 2 ) sin 2(ψ + ϕ 2 ) sin 2(ψ + ϕ 2 )cos 2(ψ + ϕ 2 ) ).

So the angle is ψ + ϕ 2 .

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