The group is the unique group of group order 2. is both Abelian and cyclic.
Examples include the point groups , , and , the integers
modulo 2 under addition ( ), and the modulo multiplication groups , , and (which are the
only modulo multiplication groups isomorphic to ).
The group is also trivially simple, and forms the subject for the humorous a capella song
"Finite Simple Group (of Order 2)" by the Northwestern University mathematics
department a capella group "The Klein Four."
The cycle graph is shown above,
and the cycle index is
The elements satisfy , where 1
is the identity element.
Its multiplication table
is illustrated above and enumerated below.
The conjugacy classes are and . The only subgroups
of are the trivial group and entire group
, both of which are trivially normal.
The irreducible representation for the group is .
The Klein Four. "Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)." http://www.math.northwestern.edu/~matt/kleinfour/.
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