The figures 4 and 5 in Chapter 11 BMC also help to visualize the difference
http://www.ruppweb.org/garland/gallery/Ch11/pages/Biomolecular_Crystallography_Fig_11-04_PART2.htm
http://www.ruppweb.org/garland/gallery/Ch11/pages/Biomolecular_Crystallography_Fig_11-05.htm
Best, BR
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From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Evans
Sent: Donnerstag, 27. März 2014 11:11
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Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] difference between polar angle and eulerian angle
The polar angles ?, ? define the direction of an axis about which a rotation by angle ? occurs, i.e. a single rotation around a defined axis. This is different from Eulerian angles which define 3 successive rotations around principal axes
On 27 Mar 2014, at 06:11, Qixu Cai <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> From the definition of CCP4 (http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/html/rotationmatrices.html), the polar angle (?, ?, ?) can be visualised as rotation ? about Z, rotation ? about the new Y, rotation ? about the new Z. It seems the same as the ZXZ convention of eulerian angle definition. What's the difference between the CCP4 polar angle definition and eulerian angle ZXZ definition?
>
> And what's the definition of polar angle XYK convention in GLRF program?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Best wishes,
>
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> Qixu Cai
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> School of Life Sciences,
> Xiamen University, Fujian, China
> **from thunderbird**
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