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Putting

we see that λ² is positive, and therefore

is negative. This shows that and must have the same sign. Hence, if is positive, must have the same sign as the Jacobian. Accordingly, a transformation which changes a right-handed system of axes into a right-handed system must have a positive Jacobian; a transformation which changes a right-handed system of axes into a left-handed system must have a negative Jacobian.

The sign of θ may now be determined from equation (A). Since

it is necessarily positive. Consequently θ must have the same sign as and therefore the same sign as the Jacobian.

We can now obtain the formulae of transformation in the two possible cases.

(i) When the Jacobian is positive,, and the formulae of transformation are