Shear

Split stretch from squeeze.

Shear

A 2×2 map factors into rotate, stretch, rotate. Watch the circle become an ellipse.

DE

Decomposition · keys 1–6 switch rooms

1.70
0.55
0.45
18°
1.00

σ 1.76 · 0.53

The unit circle is the before. The ellipse is the after. Axes are the singular directions.