Shear.md (345B)
1 # Shear (transformation) 2 3 3B1B 4 5 **Definition:** A shear is a type of linear transformation where one axis is 'slid' while the other reamins the same. 6 7 The following is the form of a shear in R^2 where the x values are scaled and the y value stays the same: 8 9 (Horizontal) 10 11 [1 k] 12 [0 1] 13 14 Note that k is an non-zero value. 15 16 (Vertical) 17 18 [1 0] 19 [k 1]