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A symmetry group is a group of symmetry-preserving operations, i.e., rotations, reflections, and inversions.

Symmetry group is a college-level concept that would be first encountered in an abstract algebra course covering group theory.

Examples

Dihedral Group: The dihedral group of order n>i is the symmetry group for a regular polygon with n sides.

Prerequisites

Group: A mathematical group is a set of elements and a binary operation that together satisfy the four fundamental properties of closure, associativity, the identity property, and the inverse property.

Classroom Articles on Group Theory

  • Abelian Group
  • Group Theory
  • Cyclic Group
  • Normal Subgroup
  • Finite Group
  • Simple Group
  • Group Action
  • Subgroup
  • Group Representation
  • Symmetric Group

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  • Algebraic Number
  • Isomorphism
  • Boolean Algebra
  • Quaternion
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  • Finite Field