3.I.2E

Groups
Part IA, 2008

What is the orthogonal group O(n)O(n) ? What is the special orthogonal group SO(n)?S O(n) ?

Show that every element of the special orthogonal group SO(3)S O(3) has an eigenvector with eigenvalue 1 . Is this also true for every element of the orthogonal group O(3)O(3) ? Justify your answer.