Structure theorem for isometries
Let
-
be an
isometry
on the
Euclidean vector space
.
Then

is an
orthogonal direct sum
-

of
-invariant
linear subspaces,
where the

are one-dimensional, and the

are two-dimensional. The restriction of

to the

is the identity, the restriction to

is the negative identity, and the restriction to

is a rotation without eigenvalue.