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#### Procedure
       SpiceBoolean isrot_c ( ConstSpiceDouble    m   [3][3],
                              SpiceDouble         ntol,
                              SpiceDouble         dtol       )
#### Abstract
       Indicate whether a 3x3 matrix is a rotation matrix.
#### Required_Reading
       ROTATION
#### Keywords
       ERROR
       MATRIX
       ROTATION
#### Brief_I/O
       Variable  I/O  Description
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       m          I   A matrix to be tested.
       ntol       I   Tolerance for the norms of the columns of m.
       dtol       I   Tolerance for the determinant of a matrix whose
                      columns are the unitized columns of m.

       The function returns the value SPICETRUE if and only if m is
       a rotation matrix.
#### Detailed_Input
       m              is a 3x3 matrix to be tested.

       ntol           is the tolerance for the norms of the columns
                      of m.

       dtol           is the tolerance for the determinant of a matrix
                      whose columns are the unitized columns of m.
#### Detailed_Output
       The function returns the value SPICETRUE if and only if m is found
       to be a rotation matrix.  The criteria that m must meet are:

          1) The norm of each column of m must satisfy the relation

                1. - ntol  <   || column ||   <  1. + ntol.
                           -                  -

          2) The determinant of the matrix whose columns are the
             unitized columns of m must satisfy

                1. - dtol  <   determinant   <  1. + dtol.
                           -                 -
#### Parameters
       None.
#### Exceptions
       1)  If either of ntol or dtol is negative, the error
           SPICE(VALUEOUTOFRANGE) is signaled.  isrot_c returns the
           value SPICEFALSE in this case.
#### Files
       None.
#### Particulars
       This routine is an error checking "filter"; its purpose is to
       detect gross errors, such as uninitialized matrices.  Matrices
       that do not pass the tests used by this routine hardly qualify as
       rotation matrices.  The test criteria can be adjusted by varying
       the parameters ntol and dtol.

       A property of rotation matrices is that their columns form a
       right-handed, orthonormal basis in 3-dimensional space.  The
       converse is true:  all 3x3 matrices with this property are
       rotation matrices.

       An ordered set of three vectors V1, V2, V3 forms a right-handed,
       orthonormal basis if and only if

          1)   || V1 ||  =  || V2 ||  =  || V3 ||  =  1

          2)   V3 = V1 x V2.  Since V1, V2, and V3 are unit vectors,
               we also have

               < V3, V1 x V2 > = 1.

               This quantity is the determinant of the matrix whose
               columns are V1, V2 and V3.

       When finite precision numbers are used, rotation matrices will
       usually fail to satisfy these criteria exactly.  We must use
       criteria that indicate approximate conformance to the criteria
       listed above.  We choose

          1)   |   || Vi ||  -  1   |   <   ntol,  i = 1, 2, 3.
                                        -

          2)   Let

                         Vi
                  Ui = ------ ,   i = 1, 2, 3.
                       ||Vi||

               Then we require

                  | < U3, U1 x U2 > - 1 |  <  dtol;
                                           -

               equivalently, letting U be the matrix whose columns
               are U1, U2, and U3, we insist on

                  | det(U) - 1 |  <  dtol.
                                  _
#### Examples
       1)  We have obtained an instrument pointing matrix C from a
           C-kernel, and we wish to test whether it is in fact a
           rotation matrix.  We can use isrot_c to check this:

              #include "SpiceUsr.h"
                   .
                   .
                   .
              /.
              Obtain pointing matrix:
              ./
              ckgp_c ( inst, timein, tol, ref, c, &timout, &found );

              /.
              Verify that c is a rotation:
              ./

              if ( !isrot_c( c ) )
              {

                 [ perform exception handling ]

              }
              else
              {

                 [ code for the normal case goes here ]

              }
#### Restrictions
       None.
#### Literature_References
       None.
#### Author_and_Institution
       N.J. Bachman   (JPL)
       H.A. Neilan    (JPL)
#### Version
       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 16-AUG-1999 (NJB) (HAN)
#### Index_Entries
       indicate whether a matrix is a rotation matrix
#### Link to routine isrot_c source file isrot_c.c

    Wed Jun  9 13:05:25 2010