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arkofnoah
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Homework Statement
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This is the solution of Problem A.15 in Griffiths' Quantum Mechanics. Tx is the rotation matrix about x-axis for theta degrees; while Ty is the rotation matrix about y-axis for theta degrees.
The thing I do not understand is the apparent mismatch between the components and the matrices. For example look at the last row; applying S to the original bases (i, j, k), you will get (-j, i, k), hence i' = -j, j' = i and k' = k, which was not what was written on the left.
This seems like a really stupid question. Am I missing out something?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
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