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Koordinaattorotaatioita refers to the mathematical transformations applied to coordinate systems, which are used to represent the positions of points in space. These transformations are essential in various fields such as computer graphics, robotics, and geospatial sciences. The primary types of coordinate transformations include translation, rotation, scaling, and reflection.

Translation involves moving a coordinate system by a fixed distance in a specified direction. This transformation is represented by adding a constant vector to each point in the coordinate system. For example, translating a point (x, y) by (a, b) results in the new point (x + a, y + b).

Rotation is the process of turning a coordinate system around a fixed point, known as the center of rotation. The rotation can be described by an angle and an axis. In two-dimensional space, a point (x, y) rotated by an angle θ around the origin (0, 0) results in the new point (x cos(θ) - y sin(θ), x sin(θ) + y cos(θ)).

Scaling involves changing the size of a coordinate system by multiplying each coordinate by a scaling factor. This transformation can be uniform, where the same factor is applied to all coordinates, or non-uniform, where different factors are applied to different coordinates. For example, scaling a point (x, y) by factors (sx, sy) results in the new point (sx * x, sy * y).

Reflection is the process of flipping a coordinate system across a line or plane. This transformation can be represented by a matrix that changes the sign of one or more coordinates. For example, reflecting a point (x, y) across the x-axis results in the new point (x, -y).

These transformations can be combined to create more complex operations, such as affine transformations, which include translation, rotation, scaling, and shearing. Affine transformations preserve the parallelism of lines and the ratio of distances along parallel lines. They are widely used in computer graphics to manipulate objects in a three-dimensional space.