Clarify documentation regarding cell rotation

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Paul Romano 2016-05-10 10:37:40 -05:00
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@ -1033,6 +1033,20 @@ Each ``<cell>`` element can have the following attributes or sub-elements:
<cell fill="..." rotation="0 0 90" />
The rotation applied is an intrinsic rotation whose Tait-Bryan angles are
given as those specified about the x, y, and z axes respectively. That is to
say, if the angles are :math:`(\phi, \theta, \psi)`, then the rotation
matrix applied is :math:`R_z(\psi) R_y(\theta) R_x(\phi)` or
.. math::
\left [ \begin{array}{ccc} \cos\theta \cos\psi & -\cos\theta \sin\psi +
\sin\phi \sin\theta \cos\psi & \sin\phi \sin\psi + \cos\phi \sin\theta
\cos\psi \\ \cos\theta \sin\psi & \cos\phi \cos\psi + \sin\phi \sin\theta
\sin\psi & -\sin\phi \cos\psi + \cos\phi \sin\theta \sin\psi \\
-\sin\theta & \sin\phi \cos\theta & \cos\phi \cos\theta \end{array}
\right ]
*Default*: None
:translation: