Convert from Rotation Matrix to Fixed-Axis (Extrinsic) zxz Euler Angles

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How can an arbitrary rotation matrix

$R = \left(\begin{matrix} R_{11} & R_{12} & R_{13} \\ R_{21} & R_{22} & R_{23} \\ R_{31} & R_{32} & R_{33}\end{matrix}\right)$

be decomposed into the equivalent fixed-axis zxz Euler angles ($\theta,\phi,\psi$)?

I understand the decomposition into the equivalent body-axis Euler angles, but I don't follow the decomposition for the fixed-axis situation.