Example: A Coordinate Transformation for Rotation about a Point in the Plane
An Appplication of Conjugation
Notes for Math 371 by M. Flashman

Consider the isometry of the coordinate plane that is rotation by 90 degrees counterclockwise about the point (1,2).  We will call this transformation T.
We denote
by L ... the translation of the plane by the vector <-1,-2> ,
by T'... the rotation of the plane by 90 degrees about the origin (0,0), and
by L-1  ... the translation of the plane by the vector <1,2>.
Then T =
L-1
T'L  as a transformation.
So
L[
x
]=[ x-1
]=[ x'
]
y
y-2
y'

T'[ x'
]=[ -y'
]

y' x'



L-1[ -y'
]=[ -y' +1
]=[ -(y-2)+1 ]
x
x' +2
x -1 +2
and thus we have
  T[ x
]=[ 3-y
]
y
x+1
 
Here is the visualization of T as a map in Winplot using: (x,y)==>(3-y,x+1)

T: Rotation by 90 degrees about (1,2).

Plane before the Application of  T
Plane after the Application of  T