Paper 1, Section I, A

Vectors and Matrices
Part IA, 2012

Define what is meant by the terms rotation, reflection, dilation and shear. Give examples of real 2×22 \times 2 matrices representing each of these.

Consider the three 2×22 \times 2 matrices

A=12(1111),B=12(1113) and C=ABA=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 1 \\ -1 & 1 \end{array}\right), \quad B=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 3 \end{array}\right) \quad \text { and } \quad C=A B

Identify the three matrices in terms of your definitions above.