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Charts on SO(3) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In mathematics, the special orthogonal group in three dimensions, otherwise known as the rotation group SO(3), is a naturally occurring example of a manifold. |
 | | The various charts on SO(3) set up rival coordinate systems: in this case there cannot be said to be a preferred set of parameters describing a rotation. |
 | | There are three degrees of freedom, so that the dimension of SO(3) is three. |
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