######################################################### ################ Rotations of 3-space ################### ######################################################### Give a truly geometric proof that any nontrivial orientation preserving rigid motion of 3-space which fixes some point is a rotation about some axis. "Truly geometric" means don't use linear algebra or quaternions, etc. The real challenge is to make a proof that explains, in a geometrically clear and believable way, why this fact is true! "Nontrivial" means not the identity. "Orientation preserving" means the motion can be carried out in 3-space. "Rigid" means no distortion of distances.