International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume B
Reciprocal space
Edited by U. Shmueli

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. B. ch. 1.1, p. 6   | 1 | 2 |

Figure 1.1.4.1 

U. Shmuelia*

aSchool of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, 69 978 Tel Aviv, Israel
Correspondence e-mail: ushmueli@post.tau.ac.il

[Figure 1.1.4.1]
Figure 1.1.4.1

Derivation of the general expression for the rotation operator. The figure illustrates schematically the decompositions and other simple geometrical considerations required for the derivation outlined in equations (1.1.4.22)[link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]–(1.1.4.28)[link].