A theorem which states that, in 3-dimensional space, any displacement of a rigid body such that some point on it remains fixed is equivalent to a single rotation about some axis that runs through said point.
Origin
Named after Swissmathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who proved the theorem in 1775.
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