For more info on Euler Sequences, notation and convention see the generic entry on Euler angle sequences.
The rotation matrices are
Carrying out the matrix multiplication from right to left
Finaly leaving us with the Euler 231 sequence
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![$\displaystyle R_1(\psi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \ 0 & c_{\psi} & s_{\psi} \ 0 & -s_{\psi} & c_{\psi} \end{array} \right]$](http://images.physicslibrary.org/cache/objects/52/l2h/img2.png "$\displaystyle R_1(\psi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \ 0 & c_{\psi} & s_{\psi} \ 0 & -s_{\psi} & c_{\psi} \end{array} \right]$")
![$\displaystyle R_3(\theta) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\theta} & s_{\theta} & 0 \ -s_{\theta} & c_{\theta} & 0 \ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array} \right]$](http://images.physicslibrary.org/cache/objects/52/l2h/img3.png "$\displaystyle R_3(\theta) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\theta} & s_{\theta} & 0 \ -s_{\theta} & c_{\theta} & 0 \ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array} \right]$")
![$\displaystyle R_2(\phi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\phi} & 0 & -s_{\phi} \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ s_{\phi} & 0 & c_{\phi} \end{array} \right]$](http://images.physicslibrary.org/cache/objects/52/l2h/img4.png "$\displaystyle R_2(\phi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\phi} & 0 & -s_{\phi} \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ s_{\phi} & 0 & c_{\phi} \end{array} \right]$")
![$R_3(\theta)R_2(\phi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\theta} & s_{\theta} & 0 \\... ...{\theta} & s_{\theta} s_{\phi} \ s_{\phi} & 0 & c_{\phi} \end{array} \right] $](http://images.physicslibrary.org/cache/objects/52/l2h/img5.png "$R_3(\theta)R_2(\phi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\theta} & s_{\theta} & 0 \\... ...{\theta} & s_{\theta} s_{\phi} \ s_{\phi} & 0 & c_{\phi} \end{array} \right] $")
![$R_1(\psi)R_3(\theta)R_2(\phi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\theta} c_{\phi} &... ...\theta} & -s_{\psi} s_{\theta} s_{\phi} +c_{\psi} c_{\phi} \end{array} \right] $](http://images.physicslibrary.org/cache/objects/52/l2h/img6.png "$R_1(\psi)R_3(\theta)R_2(\phi) = \left[ \begin{array}{ccc} c_{\theta} c_{\phi} &... ...\theta} & -s_{\psi} s_{\theta} s_{\phi} +c_{\psi} c_{\phi} \end{array} \right] $")