rotation group SO(3)

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The rotation group SO(3) is the group of all rotations in three-dimensional space, represented by 3×3 orthogonal matrices with determinant 1, and plays a central role in classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and geometry.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
SO(3) 10
rotation group SO(3) canonical 3
SO(3) Lie group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lie group ⓘ
compact Lie group ⓘ
connected Lie group ⓘ
matrix group ⓘ
non-abelian group ⓘ
real Lie group ⓘ
rotation group ⓘ
simple Lie group ⓘ
topological group ⓘ
actsOn unit sphere S² ⓘ
actsTransitivelyOn unit sphere S² ⓘ
appearsIn classical mechanics ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
quantum mechanics ⓘ
representation theory ⓘ
rigid body dynamics ⓘ
center {identity matrix} ⓘ
containsElementType 3×3 real matrices ⓘ
definedAs group of all rotations of three-dimensional Euclidean space ⓘ
definedBy set of 3×3 real orthogonal matrices with determinant 1 ⓘ
dimension 3 ⓘ
doubleCoveredBy SU(2) ⓘ
fundamentalGroup ℤ₂ ⓘ
groupOperation matrix multiplication ⓘ
hasCoveringMapFrom unit quaternions ⓘ
hasIrreducibleRepresentationsLabeledBy non-negative integers l = 0,1,2,… ⓘ
homotopyType real projective 3-space RP³ ⓘ
identityElement 3×3 identity matrix ⓘ
isNormalSubgroupOf O(3) ⓘ
isometryGroupOf oriented Euclidean 3-space fixing the origin ⓘ
isomorphicTo group of orientation-preserving isometries of S² ⓘ
isSubgroupOf O(3) ⓘ
LieAlgebra so(3) ⓘ
LieAlgebraDimension 3 ⓘ
LieAlgebraIsomorphicTo ℝ³ with cross product ⓘ
maximalTorus SO(2) ⓘ
overField real numbers ⓘ
parameterization Euler angles ⓘ
axis-angle representation ⓘ
unit quaternions modulo ±1 ⓘ
property center is trivial ⓘ
compact ⓘ
connected ⓘ
every element has determinant 1 ⓘ
every element is orthogonal ⓘ
non-abelian ⓘ
simple as a Lie group ⓘ
quotientGroupWith O(3)/SO(3) ≅ ℤ₂ ⓘ
rank 1 ⓘ
relatedTo angular momentum operators in quantum mechanics ⓘ
spherical harmonics ⓘ
standsFor special orthogonal group in dimension 3 ⓘ
symbol SO(3) ⓘ
topologicallyHomeomorphicTo RP³ ⓘ
universalCover SU(2) ⓘ
usedToModel orientations of a rigid body in 3D space ⓘ
rotational symmetries of Euclidean 3-space ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lorentz group → hasSubgroup → rotation group SO(3) ⓘ
SO(3) → symbol → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SO(3)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
Clebsch–Gordan coefficients → relatedTo → SO(3) Lie group ⓘ
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
SU(2) → isDoubleCoverOf → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
SU(2) → covers → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
SU(2) → hasCoveringMapTo → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
SU(2) → isUniversalCoverOf → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
SU(2) → isLocallyIsomorphicTo → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
SU(2) → quotientByCenterIs → SO(3) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
Donaldson–Witten theory → hasGaugeGroup → SO(3) ⓘ
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
Euler top → hasSymmetryGroup → rotation group SO(3) ⓘ
Euler top → hasConfigurationSpace → SO(3) ⓘ
linked to: rotation group SO(3)
S^2 × R geometry → isometryGroupContains → SO(3) ⓘ
linked to: rotation group SO(3)