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+.help dav2m Jun99 "Slalib Package"
+.nf
+
+ SUBROUTINE slDAVM (AXVEC, RMAT)
+
+ - - - - - -
+ D A V M
+ - - - - - -
+
+ Form the rotation matrix corresponding to a given axial vector.
+ (double precision)
+
+ A rotation matrix describes a rotation about some arbitrary axis.
+ The axis is called the Euler axis, and the angle through which the
+ reference frame rotates is called the Euler angle. The axial
+ vector supplied to this routine has the same direction as the
+ Euler axis, and its magnitude is the Euler angle in radians.
+
+ Given:
+ AXVEC d(3) axial vector (radians)
+
+ Returned:
+ RMAT d(3,3) rotation matrix
+
+ If AXVEC is null, the unit matrix is returned.
+
+ The reference frame rotates clockwise as seen looking along
+ the axial vector from the origin.
+
+ P.T.Wallace Starlink June 1989
+
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.
+
+.fi
+.endhelp