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The author thanks Vibhu Mishra for useful discussions on existing proofs of Euler’s rotation theorem.

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Joseph, T. An Alternative Proof of Euler’s Rotation Theorem. Math Intelligencer 42, 44–49 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-020-09991-z

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