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Description Illustration of the belt trick, showing a homotopy between two one-parameter subgroups of the rotation group, one through an angle of 2π and one through an angle of −2π.
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Source Created in Mathematica 9.0 (source code below)
Author Slawekb
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F1[s_, t_] = {{E^(2 \[Pi] I t), Tan[][Pi] s/2]}, {-Tan[][Pi] s/2], 
    E^(-2 \[Pi] I t)}}.{{E^(-\[Pi] I t), 0}, {0, E^(\[Pi] I t)}}
F2[s_, t_] = (F1[s, t]/Sqrt[][][s, t]])
F[s_, t_] = FullSimplify[][][s, 0].F2[s, t]
Clear[i, j, k]
i = {{I, 0}, {0, -I}};
j = {{0, -1}, {1, 0}};
k = i.j;
Components[A_] := (1/2) {Tr[][i], 
   Tr[][j], Tr[][k]}
R[s_][t_] = 
  Transpose[][][][][s, t].i.ConjugateTranspose[][s, t]]]],
    FullSimplify[][][][s, t].j.ConjugateTranspose[][s, t]]]],
    FullSimplify[][][][s, t].k.ConjugateTranspose[][s, t]]]]}];
PlotRotation[R_] :=
 ParametricPlot3D[][t][[1]] t + R[t][[2]] s, {t, 0, 1}, {s, 0, 1/7.5},
   Boxed -> False, Axes -> False, PlotPoints -> 20, 
  PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {-1, 1}, {-1, 1}}, Mesh -> {0, 3}, 
  ImageSize -> 768]
b = Join[][][][s], {s, 0.01, 0.99, 0.02}], 
   Table[][][s], {s, 0.99, 0.01, -0.02}]];
Export["b.gif", b]

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14:19, September 7, 2014 533 × 391 (366 KB)) Slawekb

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current13:56, 15 June 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:56, 15 June 2016533 × 391 (366 KB)Bruno Max Melo (talk | contribs)==Summary== {{Information |Description = Illustration of the belt trick, showing a homotopy between two one-parameter subgroups of the rotation group, one through an angle of 2π and one through an angle of −2π. |Source = Created in Mathemat...

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