Let A be a real 3×3 matrix.
(i) For B=R1A with
R1=⎝⎛1000cosθ1sinθ10−sinθ1cosθ1⎠⎞
find an angle θ1 so that the element b31=0, where bij denotes the ijth entry of the matrix B.
(ii) For C=R2B with b31=0 and
R2=⎝⎛cosθ2sinθ20−sinθ2cosθ20001⎠⎞
show that c31=0 and find an angle θ2 so that c21=0.
(iii) For D=R3C with c31=c21=0 and
R3=⎝⎛1000cosθ3sinθ30−sinθ3cosθ3⎠⎞
show that d31=d21=0 and find an angle θ3 so that d32=0.
(iv) Deduce that any real 3×3 matrix can be written as a product of an orthogonal matrix and an upper triangular matrix.