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Rotation with three shears

cohost.org/tomforsyth/post/891823-rotation-with-three

There's a graphics trick that used to be widely known that has now probably almost vanished from the graphics consciousness - you can do rotations by applying three shears in a row. This should surprise you! It surprised me. And it re-surprises me every time I remember it.