2d rotation falls spirally inwards? I recently started with 2d transformations in my class. I was just working with a program when I realized the formula I am using rotates the object spirally inwards. I have no idea whats over about this. I expected my figures to be rotated about a point but rather they all deform with every degree of rotation. I used a single point & realized that the point was moving spirally inwards with every degree I moved. Can someone help me & let me know why it falls in rather than following circle or if that is what is expected of 2d rotation. I somehow felt its something related to how we view in 2d plane (or the imaginary z index here) but simply can't get around it. I am following wiki & talking about this : !alt text x' = xcosθ − ysinθ y' = xsinθ + ycosθ

My guess is that this is a _very_ classic error in computer graphics implementation; you have to make sure that you don't accidentally use the new value of X when computing the new value of y! For instance, this code:

> x = x*cos(theta) - y*sin(theta);
> y = x*sin(theta) + y*cos(theta);

will actually perform the following operation:

> x' =x cos θ \- y sin θ
> y' = x cos θ sin θ \+ y (cos θ \- sin2θ)

and for small values of θ (i.e., incremental rotation) will generally cause the point to spiral in towards <0,0>.