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for any point group: the group of all isometries which are a combination of an isometry in the point group and a translation; for example, in the case of the group generated by inversion in the origin: the group of all translations and inversion in all points; this is the generalized
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of the group of Euclidean translations with a group of origin-preserving transformations, and this product structure is respected by the inclusion of the Euclidean group in the affine group. This gives,
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In this case there are points for which the set of images under the isometries is not closed. Examples of such groups are, in 1D, the group generated by a translation of 1 and one of
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reflection with respect to a plane, and a translation in that plane, a rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane, or a reflection with respect to a perpendicular plane
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They always have a fixed point. In 3D, for every point there are for every orientation two which are maximal (with respect to inclusion) among the finite groups: O
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In 2D, rotations by the same angle in either direction are in the same class. Glide reflections with translation by the same distance are in the same class.
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Rotations about an axis combined with translation along that axis are in the same class if the angle is the same and the translation distance is the same.
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all isometries which are a combination of a rotation about some axis and a proportional translation along the axis; in general this is combined with
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are among the oldest and most studied, at least in the cases of dimension 2 and 3 â€“ implicitly, long before the concept of group was invented.
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Rotations about an axis by the same angle not equal to 180°, combined with reflection in a plane perpendicular to that axis, are in the same class.
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rotation by 180° about an axis and rotation by 180° about a perpendicular axis (results in rotation by 180° about the axis perpendicular to both)
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a discrete point group, frieze group, or wallpaper group in a plane, combined with any symmetry group in the perpendicular direction
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or Euclidean motions. They comprise arbitrary combinations of translations and rotations, but not reflections.
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Non-countable groups, where there are points for which the set of images under the isometries is not closed
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Reflections in a plane combined with translation in that plane by the same distance are in the same class.
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ditto combined with reflection in planes through the axis and/or a plane perpendicular to the axis
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all direct isometries that keep the origin fixed, or more generally, some point (in 3D called the
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of the space itself, and contains the group of symmetries of any figure (subset) of that space.
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ditto combined with discrete translation along the axis or with all isometries along the axis
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Countably infinite groups without arbitrarily small translations, rotations, or combinations
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Non-countable groups, where for all points the set of images under the isometries is closed
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translations in independent directions, and possibly a finite point group). This includes
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Countably infinite groups with arbitrarily small translations, rotations, or combinations
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all isometries that keep the origin fixed, or more generally, some point (the
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i.e., for every point the set of images under the isometries is topologically
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rotation by 180° about an axis and reflection in a plane through that axis
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glide reflection with respect to a plane, and a translation in that plane
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two rotoreflections about the same axis, with respect to the same plane
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with some direct isometry. Therefore, the indirect isometries are a
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Details for the first representation are given in the next section.
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or the same orthogonal transformation followed by a translation:
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For some isometry pairs composition does not depend on order:
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are even maximal among the groups including the next category.
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The continuous trajectories in E(3) play an important role in
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The translations by a given distance in any direction form a
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inversion in a point and any isometry keeping the point fixed
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Inversions with respect to all points are in the same class.
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E(1), E(2), and E(3) can be categorized as follows, with
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The direct isometries (i.e., isometries preserving the
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They are represented as a translation followed by a
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Subgroup structure, matrix and vector representation
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notions can be adapted immediately to this setting.
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Both groups have a structure as a 1747:implies a topology for the Euclidean group E( 1381: 779: 3481:Reflections in a plane are in the same class 1915:is continuous if and only if, for any point 1460:). The group depends only on the dimension 3425:two rotations or screws about the same axis 2001:{\displaystyle f_{p}:\to \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1388: 1374: 1273:Particle physics and representation theory 815: 786: 772: 3534: 3400:3D isometries that leave the origin fixed 2156: 2065: 1988: 1928: 1830: 1803: 1769: 1727: 1504: 1428: 471: 446: 409: 2180:will be described by the transformation 1709: 1464:of the space, and is commonly denoted E( 3413: 1240:Representations of classical Lie groups 3581: 3391:asserts that any element of E(3) is a 2770:This relation is commonly written as: 2346: 344:Classification of finite simple groups 2192:is in E(3), the same must be true of 3513:Coordinate rotations and reflections 3450: 2736:), also of index two, consisting of 1456:between any two points (also called 1093:Lie group–Lie algebra correspondence 2631:) is (in the natural way) also the 2546:Together, these facts imply that E( 2113:). On the other hand, the group E( 2085:, there is a continuous trajectory 1694:). It follows that the subgroup E( 13: 3084:all rotations about one fixed axis 2208:The Euclidean groups are not only 1674:. For any fixed indirect isometry 14: 3605: 1810:{\displaystyle i\in \mathbb {N} } 1570: 798:Isometry group of Euclidean space 3080:Examples in 3D of combinations: 2203: 2169:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{3}} 2078:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1941:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1843:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1782:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1740:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1517:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 1474:inhomogeneous special orthogonal 1452:of that space that preserve the 1441:{\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{n}} 36: 2417:{\displaystyle x\mapsto A(x+b)} 1612:can be attributed to available 2903: 2897: 2886: 2880: 2869: 2863: 2831: 2825: 2812: 2806: 2788: 2782: 2697: 2691: 2678: 2672: 2661: 2655: 2614: 2608: 2597: 2591: 2580: 2574: 2465:{\displaystyle x\mapsto Ax+c,} 2444: 2411: 2399: 2393: 1983: 1980: 1968: 1902: 1896: 1890: 1887: 1875: 1635:Direct and indirect isometries 1288:Galilean group representations 1283:PoincarĂ© group representations 705:Infinite dimensional Lie group 1: 3539:A Course in Modern Geometries 3535:Cederberg, Judith N. (2001). 3528: 3518:Reflection through the origin 2327:, we read off from this that 1690:), which can be denoted by E( 1551:), whose elements are called 1278:Lorentz group representations 1245:Theorem of the highest weight 3374: 3361: 3347: 3336: 3323: 3312: 3301: 3290: 3253: 3242: 3231: 3220: 3209: 3180: 3169: 3158: 3040:the whole Euclidean group E( 2921: 2224:Relation to the affine group 1531:A Euclidean isometry can be 478:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } 453:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } 416:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } 7: 3491: 1565: 203:List of group theory topics 10: 3610: 3268: 3062:one of these groups in an 3047:one of these groups in an 1908:{\displaystyle f:\to E(n)} 1230:Lie algebra representation 3119:-fold helix of such axes. 2496:): for every translation 1850:, the sequence of points 1458:Euclidean transformations 3503:Euclidean plane isometry 3271:Euclidean plane isometry 3033:all direct isometries E( 2926:Types of subgroups of E( 2718:special orthogonal group 2543:is again a translation. 2536:{\displaystyle u^{-1}tu} 2363:It has as subgroups the 1594:, which gives 3 in case 1225:Lie group representation 321:Elementary abelian group 198:Glossary of group theory 3287:Preserves orientation? 3206:Preserves orientation? 3155:Preserves orientation? 2562:), which is written as 2308:, as explained for the 2232:) is a subgroup of the 2142:identity transformation 1751:). Namely, a sequence 1541:special Euclidean group 1479:The Euclidean group E( 1250:Borel–Weil–Bott theorem 3314:Rotation about an axis 3233:Rotation about a point 2913: 2838: 2704: 2621: 2537: 2466: 2418: 2358:affine transformations 2228:The Euclidean group E( 2170: 2079: 2002: 1942: 1909: 1844: 1811: 1783: 1741: 1614:translational symmetry 1518: 1442: 1148:Semisimple Lie algebra 1103:Adjoint representation 737:Linear algebraic group 479: 454: 417: 3338:Reflection in a plane 3182:Reflection in a point 2979:a group generated by 2914: 2839: 2720:, is a subgroup of O( 2705: 2622: 2538: 2467: 2419: 2343:can then be deduced. 2171: 2080: 2003: 1943: 1910: 1845: 1812: 1784: 1742: 1710:Topology of the group 1519: 1443: 1217:Representation theory 480: 455: 418: 3594:Euclidean symmetries 3414:Commuting isometries 3376:Inversion in a point 3244:Reflection in a line 2848: 2774: 2647: 2627:. In other words, O( 2566: 2511: 2438: 2387: 2379:). Any element of E( 2151: 2060: 1952: 1923: 1866: 1825: 1793: 1764: 1722: 1647:subsets) comprise a 1616:, and the remaining 1499: 1423: 467: 442: 405: 3284:Degrees of freedom 3277: 3276:Isometries of E(3) 3203:Degrees of freedom 3196: 3195:Isometries of E(2) 3152:Degrees of freedom 3145: 3144:Isometries of E(1) 3074:)-dimensional space 3059:)-dimensional space 2732:) has a subgroup E( 2500:and every isometry 2347:Detailed discussion 2130:classical mechanics 1718:of Euclidean space 1629:rotational symmetry 1543:, often denoted SE( 1362:Table of Lie groups 1203:Compact Lie algebra 111:Group homomorphisms 21:Algebraic structure 3393:screw displacement 3326:Screw displacement 3275: 3194: 3143: 3138:degrees of freedom 2909: 2844:or, equivalently: 2834: 2728:two. Therefore, E( 2700: 2617: 2552:semidirect product 2533: 2462: 2414: 2329:Euclidean geometry 2325:Erlangen programme 2242:semidirect product 2210:topological groups 2166: 2075: 1998: 1938: 1905: 1840: 1807: 1779: 1737: 1577:degrees of freedom 1514: 1454:Euclidean distance 1438: 1134:Affine Lie algebra 1124:Simple Lie algebra 865:Special orthogonal 587:Special orthogonal 475: 450: 413: 294:Lagrange's theorem 3554:978-0-387-98972-3 3523:Plane of rotation 3451:Conjugacy classes 3386: 3385: 3364:Improper rotation 3281:Type of isometry 3267: 3266: 3200:Type of isometry 3192: 3191: 3149:Type of isometry 2895: 2878: 2855: 2823: 2798: 2780: 2689: 2670: 2653: 2606: 2589: 2572: 2430:orthogonal matrix 2280:orthogonal matrix 1760:of isometries of 1398: 1397: 1198:Split Lie algebra 1161:Cartan subalgebra 1023: 1022: 914:Simple Lie groups 796: 795: 371: 370: 253:Alternating group 210: 209: 3601: 3562:William Thurston 3558: 3542: 3422:two translations 3389:Chasles' theorem 3278: 3274: 3256:Glide reflection 3197: 3193: 3146: 3142: 3106: 3028:orthogonal group 3003: 3002: 2978: 2918: 2916: 2915: 2910: 2896: 2893: 2879: 2876: 2862: 2861: 2856: 2853: 2843: 2841: 2840: 2835: 2824: 2821: 2819: 2805: 2804: 2799: 2796: 2781: 2778: 2709: 2707: 2706: 2701: 2690: 2687: 2685: 2671: 2668: 2654: 2651: 2626: 2624: 2623: 2618: 2607: 2604: 2590: 2587: 2573: 2570: 2558:) extended by T( 2542: 2540: 2539: 2534: 2526: 2525: 2481: 2471: 2469: 2468: 2463: 2423: 2421: 2420: 2415: 2373:orthogonal group 2319:In the terms of 2307: 2278: 2264: 2175: 2173: 2172: 2167: 2165: 2164: 2159: 2121:) and ends in E( 2084: 2082: 2081: 2076: 2074: 2073: 2068: 2007: 2005: 2004: 1999: 1997: 1996: 1991: 1964: 1963: 1947: 1945: 1944: 1939: 1937: 1936: 1931: 1914: 1912: 1911: 1906: 1849: 1847: 1846: 1841: 1839: 1838: 1833: 1816: 1814: 1813: 1808: 1806: 1788: 1786: 1785: 1780: 1778: 1777: 1772: 1746: 1744: 1743: 1738: 1736: 1735: 1730: 1626: 1607: 1600: 1593: 1523: 1521: 1520: 1515: 1513: 1512: 1507: 1483:) comprises all 1447: 1445: 1444: 1439: 1437: 1436: 1431: 1390: 1383: 1376: 1333:Claude Chevalley 1190:Complexification 1033:Other Lie groups 919: 918: 827:Classical groups 819: 801: 800: 788: 781: 774: 730:Algebraic groups 503:Hyperbolic group 493:Arithmetic group 484: 482: 481: 476: 474: 459: 457: 456: 451: 449: 422: 420: 419: 414: 412: 335:Schur multiplier 289:Cauchy's theorem 277:Quaternion group 225: 224: 51: 50: 40: 27: 16: 15: 3609: 3608: 3604: 3603: 3602: 3600: 3599: 3598: 3579: 3578: 3555: 3531: 3494: 3457:conjugacy class 3453: 3416: 3273: 3134: 3101: 3000: 2998: 2969: 2957: 2951: 2945: 2924: 2892: 2875: 2857: 2852: 2851: 2849: 2846: 2845: 2820: 2815: 2800: 2795: 2794: 2777: 2775: 2772: 2771: 2686: 2681: 2667: 2650: 2648: 2645: 2644: 2603: 2586: 2569: 2567: 2564: 2563: 2518: 2514: 2512: 2509: 2508: 2490:normal subgroup 2473: 2439: 2436: 2435: 2388: 2385: 2384: 2354: 2349: 2333:affine geometry 2302: 2270: 2254: 2226: 2206: 2160: 2155: 2154: 2152: 2149: 2148: 2140:(0) to be the 2069: 2064: 2063: 2061: 2058: 2057: 2016: 1992: 1987: 1986: 1959: 1955: 1953: 1950: 1949: 1948:, the function 1932: 1927: 1926: 1924: 1921: 1920: 1867: 1864: 1863: 1858: 1834: 1829: 1828: 1826: 1823: 1822: 1802: 1794: 1791: 1790: 1773: 1768: 1767: 1765: 1762: 1761: 1759: 1731: 1726: 1725: 1723: 1720: 1719: 1712: 1637: 1617: 1602: 1595: 1584: 1573: 1568: 1508: 1503: 1502: 1500: 1497: 1496: 1450:transformations 1448:; that is, the 1432: 1427: 1426: 1424: 1421: 1420: 1418:Euclidean space 1412:of (Euclidean) 1406:Euclidean group 1394: 1349: 1348: 1347: 1318:Wilhelm Killing 1302: 1294: 1293: 1292: 1267: 1256: 1255: 1254: 1219: 1209: 1208: 1207: 1194: 1178: 1156:Dynkin diagrams 1150: 1140: 1139: 1138: 1120: 1098:Exponential map 1087: 1077: 1076: 1075: 1056:Conformal group 1035: 1025: 1024: 1016: 1008: 1000: 992: 984: 965: 955: 945: 935: 916: 906: 905: 904: 885:Special unitary 829: 799: 792: 763: 762: 751:Abelian variety 744:Reductive group 732: 722: 721: 720: 719: 670: 662: 654: 646: 638: 611:Special unitary 522: 508: 507: 489: 488: 470: 468: 465: 464: 445: 443: 440: 439: 408: 406: 403: 402: 394: 393: 384:Discrete groups 373: 372: 328:Frobenius group 273: 260: 249: 242:Symmetric group 238: 222: 212: 211: 62:Normal subgroup 48: 28: 19: 12: 11: 5: 3607: 3597: 3596: 3591: 3577: 3576: 3559: 3553: 3530: 3527: 3526: 3525: 3520: 3515: 3510: 3508:PoincarĂ© group 3505: 3500: 3493: 3490: 3489: 3488: 3485: 3482: 3479: 3476: 3473: 3452: 3449: 3448: 3447: 3444: 3441: 3438: 3435: 3432: 3429: 3426: 3423: 3415: 3412: 3384: 3383: 3380: 3377: 3373: 3372: 3369: 3366: 3360: 3359: 3356: 3353: 3346: 3345: 3342: 3339: 3335: 3334: 3331: 3328: 3322: 3321: 3318: 3315: 3311: 3310: 3307: 3304: 3300: 3299: 3296: 3293: 3289: 3288: 3285: 3282: 3265: 3264: 3261: 3258: 3252: 3251: 3248: 3245: 3241: 3240: 3237: 3234: 3230: 3229: 3226: 3223: 3219: 3218: 3215: 3212: 3208: 3207: 3204: 3201: 3190: 3189: 3186: 3183: 3179: 3178: 3175: 3172: 3168: 3167: 3164: 3161: 3157: 3156: 3153: 3150: 3133: 3130: 3129: 3128: 3125:dihedral group 3120: 3094: 3091: 3088: 3085: 3078: 3077: 3076: 3075: 3060: 3045: 3038: 3031: 3024: 3021:rotation group 3014: 3011: 3008: 3005: 2995: 2992: 2962: 2959: 2953: 2952:. The groups I 2947: 2941: 2938: 2923: 2920: 2908: 2905: 2902: 2899: 2891: 2888: 2885: 2882: 2874: 2871: 2868: 2865: 2860: 2833: 2830: 2827: 2818: 2814: 2811: 2808: 2803: 2793: 2790: 2787: 2784: 2765:rotoreflection 2763:, or in 3D, a 2699: 2696: 2693: 2684: 2680: 2677: 2674: 2666: 2663: 2660: 2657: 2633:quotient group 2616: 2613: 2610: 2602: 2599: 2596: 2593: 2585: 2582: 2579: 2576: 2532: 2529: 2524: 2521: 2517: 2461: 2458: 2455: 2452: 2449: 2446: 2443: 2413: 2410: 2407: 2404: 2401: 2398: 2395: 2392: 2353: 2350: 2348: 2345: 2314: 2313: 2295: 2225: 2222: 2205: 2202: 2163: 2158: 2072: 2067: 2012: 1995: 1990: 1985: 1982: 1979: 1976: 1973: 1970: 1967: 1962: 1958: 1935: 1930: 1904: 1901: 1898: 1895: 1892: 1889: 1886: 1883: 1880: 1877: 1874: 1871: 1854: 1837: 1832: 1805: 1801: 1798: 1776: 1771: 1755: 1734: 1729: 1711: 1708: 1636: 1633: 1575:The number of 1572: 1571:Dimensionality 1569: 1567: 1564: 1526:symmetry group 1511: 1506: 1435: 1430: 1396: 1395: 1393: 1392: 1385: 1378: 1370: 1367: 1366: 1365: 1364: 1359: 1351: 1350: 1346: 1345: 1340: 1338:Harish-Chandra 1335: 1330: 1325: 1320: 1315: 1313:Henri PoincarĂ© 1310: 1304: 1303: 1300: 1299: 1296: 1295: 1291: 1290: 1285: 1280: 1275: 1269: 1268: 1263:Lie groups in 1262: 1261: 1258: 1257: 1253: 1252: 1247: 1242: 1237: 1232: 1227: 1221: 1220: 1215: 1214: 1211: 1210: 1206: 1205: 1200: 1195: 1193: 1192: 1187: 1181: 1179: 1177: 1176: 1171: 1165: 1163: 1158: 1152: 1151: 1146: 1145: 1142: 1141: 1137: 1136: 1131: 1126: 1121: 1119: 1118: 1113: 1107: 1105: 1100: 1095: 1089: 1088: 1083: 1082: 1079: 1078: 1074: 1073: 1068: 1063: 1061:Diffeomorphism 1058: 1053: 1048: 1043: 1037: 1036: 1031: 1030: 1027: 1026: 1021: 1020: 1019: 1018: 1014: 1010: 1006: 1002: 998: 994: 990: 986: 982: 975: 974: 970: 969: 968: 967: 961: 957: 951: 947: 941: 937: 931: 924: 923: 917: 912: 911: 908: 907: 903: 902: 892: 882: 872: 862: 852: 845:Special linear 842: 835:General linear 831: 830: 825: 824: 821: 820: 812: 811: 797: 794: 793: 791: 790: 783: 776: 768: 765: 764: 761: 760: 758:Elliptic curve 754: 753: 747: 746: 740: 739: 733: 728: 727: 724: 723: 718: 717: 714: 711: 707: 703: 702: 701: 696: 694:Diffeomorphism 690: 689: 684: 679: 673: 672: 668: 664: 660: 656: 652: 648: 644: 640: 636: 631: 630: 619: 618: 607: 606: 595: 594: 583: 582: 571: 570: 559: 558: 551:Special linear 547: 546: 539:General linear 535: 534: 529: 523: 514: 513: 510: 509: 506: 505: 500: 495: 487: 486: 473: 461: 448: 435: 433:Modular groups 431: 430: 429: 424: 411: 395: 392: 391: 386: 380: 379: 378: 375: 374: 369: 368: 367: 366: 361: 356: 353: 347: 346: 340: 339: 338: 337: 331: 330: 324: 323: 318: 309: 308: 306:Hall's theorem 303: 301:Sylow theorems 297: 296: 291: 283: 282: 281: 280: 274: 269: 266:Dihedral group 262: 261: 256: 250: 245: 239: 234: 223: 218: 217: 214: 213: 208: 207: 206: 205: 200: 192: 191: 190: 189: 184: 179: 174: 169: 164: 159: 157:multiplicative 154: 149: 144: 139: 131: 130: 129: 128: 123: 115: 114: 106: 105: 104: 103: 101:Wreath product 98: 93: 88: 86:direct product 80: 78:Quotient group 72: 71: 70: 69: 64: 59: 49: 46: 45: 42: 41: 33: 32: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3606: 3595: 3592: 3590: 3587: 3586: 3584: 3575: 3574:0-691-08304-5 3571: 3567: 3563: 3560: 3556: 3550: 3546: 3541: 3540: 3533: 3532: 3524: 3521: 3519: 3516: 3514: 3511: 3509: 3506: 3504: 3501: 3499: 3496: 3495: 3486: 3483: 3480: 3477: 3474: 3471: 3470: 3469: 3466: 3463: 3460: 3458: 3445: 3442: 3439: 3436: 3433: 3430: 3427: 3424: 3421: 3420: 3419: 3411: 3409: 3405: 3401: 3396: 3394: 3390: 3381: 3378: 3375: 3370: 3367: 3365: 3362: 3357: 3354: 3351: 3348: 3343: 3340: 3337: 3332: 3329: 3327: 3324: 3319: 3316: 3313: 3308: 3305: 3302: 3297: 3294: 3291: 3286: 3283: 3280: 3279: 3272: 3262: 3259: 3257: 3254: 3249: 3246: 3243: 3238: 3235: 3232: 3227: 3224: 3221: 3216: 3213: 3210: 3205: 3202: 3199: 3198: 3187: 3184: 3181: 3176: 3173: 3170: 3165: 3162: 3159: 3154: 3151: 3148: 3147: 3141: 3139: 3127:of R, Dih(R). 3126: 3121: 3118: 3114: 3110: 3104: 3099: 3095: 3092: 3089: 3086: 3083: 3082: 3081: 3073: 3069: 3065: 3061: 3058: 3054: 3050: 3046: 3043: 3039: 3036: 3032: 3029: 3025: 3022: 3018: 3017: 3015: 3012: 3009: 3006: 2996: 2993: 2990: 2986: 2982: 2977: 2973: 2967: 2963: 2960: 2956: 2950: 2944: 2939: 2936: 2935:Finite groups 2933: 2932: 2931: 2929: 2919: 2906: 2900: 2889: 2883: 2872: 2866: 2858: 2828: 2816: 2809: 2801: 2791: 2785: 2768: 2766: 2762: 2758: 2754: 2750: 2745: 2743: 2739: 2735: 2731: 2727: 2723: 2719: 2715: 2710: 2694: 2682: 2675: 2664: 2658: 2642: 2638: 2634: 2630: 2611: 2600: 2594: 2583: 2577: 2561: 2557: 2553: 2549: 2544: 2530: 2527: 2522: 2519: 2515: 2507: 2503: 2499: 2495: 2491: 2487: 2482: 2480: 2476: 2459: 2456: 2453: 2450: 2447: 2441: 2432: 2431: 2427: 2408: 2405: 2402: 2396: 2390: 2382: 2378: 2374: 2370: 2366: 2365:translational 2361: 2359: 2344: 2342: 2339:, from which 2338: 2334: 2330: 2326: 2322: 2317: 2311: 2305: 2300: 2299:square matrix 2296: 2293: 2289: 2288:column vector 2285: 2281: 2277: 2273: 2268: 2262: 2258: 2252: 2251: 2250: 2248: 2243: 2239: 2235: 2231: 2221: 2219: 2215: 2211: 2204:Lie structure 2201: 2199: 2195: 2191: 2187: 2183: 2179: 2161: 2146: 2143: 2139: 2135: 2131: 2126: 2124: 2120: 2116: 2112: 2108: 2104: 2100: 2096: 2092: 2088: 2070: 2055: 2051: 2047: 2043: 2038: 2036: 2032: 2028: 2024: 2020: 2015: 2011: 1993: 1977: 1974: 1971: 1965: 1960: 1956: 1933: 1918: 1899: 1893: 1884: 1881: 1878: 1872: 1869: 1860: 1857: 1853: 1835: 1820: 1799: 1796: 1774: 1758: 1754: 1750: 1732: 1717: 1707: 1705: 1701: 1697: 1693: 1689: 1685: 1681: 1677: 1673: 1669: 1664: 1662: 1658: 1654: 1650: 1646: 1642: 1632: 1630: 1624: 1620: 1615: 1611: 1605: 1598: 1591: 1587: 1582: 1578: 1563: 1561: 1556: 1554: 1553:rigid motions 1550: 1546: 1542: 1538: 1534: 1529: 1527: 1509: 1494: 1490: 1486: 1482: 1477: 1475: 1471: 1467: 1463: 1459: 1455: 1451: 1433: 1419: 1415: 1411: 1407: 1403: 1391: 1386: 1384: 1379: 1377: 1372: 1371: 1369: 1368: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1354: 1353: 1352: 1344: 1341: 1339: 1336: 1334: 1331: 1329: 1326: 1324: 1321: 1319: 1316: 1314: 1311: 1309: 1306: 1305: 1298: 1297: 1289: 1286: 1284: 1281: 1279: 1276: 1274: 1271: 1270: 1266: 1260: 1259: 1251: 1248: 1246: 1243: 1241: 1238: 1236: 1233: 1231: 1228: 1226: 1223: 1222: 1218: 1213: 1212: 1204: 1201: 1199: 1196: 1191: 1188: 1186: 1183: 1182: 1180: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1167: 1166: 1164: 1162: 1159: 1157: 1154: 1153: 1149: 1144: 1143: 1135: 1132: 1130: 1127: 1125: 1122: 1117: 1114: 1112: 1109: 1108: 1106: 1104: 1101: 1099: 1096: 1094: 1091: 1090: 1086: 1081: 1080: 1072: 1069: 1067: 1064: 1062: 1059: 1057: 1054: 1052: 1049: 1047: 1044: 1042: 1039: 1038: 1034: 1029: 1028: 1017: 1011: 1009: 1003: 1001: 995: 993: 987: 985: 979: 978: 977: 976: 972: 971: 966: 964: 958: 956: 954: 948: 946: 944: 938: 936: 934: 928: 927: 926: 925: 921: 920: 915: 910: 909: 900: 896: 893: 890: 886: 883: 880: 876: 873: 870: 866: 863: 860: 856: 853: 850: 846: 843: 840: 836: 833: 832: 828: 823: 822: 818: 814: 813: 810: 806: 803: 802: 789: 784: 782: 777: 775: 770: 769: 767: 766: 759: 756: 755: 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119: 118: 117: 116: 113: 112: 108: 107: 102: 99: 97: 94: 92: 89: 87: 84: 81: 79: 76: 75: 74: 73: 68: 65: 63: 60: 58: 55: 54: 53: 52: 47:Basic notions 44: 43: 39: 35: 34: 31: 26: 22: 18: 17: 3565: 3538: 3467: 3464: 3461: 3454: 3417: 3397: 3387: 3135: 3116: 3108: 3102: 3097: 3079: 3071: 3067: 3063: 3056: 3052: 3048: 3041: 3034: 2989:space groups 2980: 2975: 2971: 2954: 2948: 2942: 2927: 2925: 2769: 2746: 2741: 2737: 2733: 2729: 2721: 2713: 2711: 2640: 2636: 2628: 2559: 2555: 2547: 2545: 2501: 2497: 2493: 2485: 2483: 2478: 2474: 2433: 2425: 2380: 2376: 2368: 2362: 2355: 2318: 2315: 2310:affine group 2303: 2297:by a single 2291: 2283: 2275: 2271: 2266: 2260: 2256: 2246: 2237: 2234:affine group 2229: 2227: 2207: 2197: 2193: 2189: 2185: 2184:(t). Since 2181: 2177: 2144: 2137: 2127: 2122: 2118: 2114: 2110: 2106: 2102: 2098: 2094: 2093:) such that 2090: 2086: 2053: 2049: 2045: 2041: 2039: 2034: 2030: 2026: 2022: 2018: 2013: 2009: 1916: 1861: 1855: 1851: 1818: 1756: 1752: 1748: 1714:The natural 1713: 1703: 1695: 1691: 1687: 1679: 1675: 1671: 1667: 1665: 1660: 1656: 1652: 1638: 1622: 1618: 1609: 1608:. Of these, 1603: 1601:, and 6 for 1596: 1589: 1585: 1580: 1574: 1557: 1548: 1544: 1540: 1536: 1532: 1530: 1485:translations 1480: 1478: 1473: 1469: 1465: 1461: 1405: 1399: 1343:Armand Borel 1328:Hermann Weyl 1129:Loop algebra 1111:Killing form 1085:Lie algebras 1070: 962: 952: 942: 932: 898: 888: 878: 868: 858: 848: 838: 809:Lie algebras 626: 614: 602: 590: 578: 574: 566: 554: 542: 313: 270: 257: 246: 235: 231:Cyclic group 109: 96:Free product 67:Group action 30:Group theory 25:Group theory 24: 3543:. pp.  3404:space group 3350:Glide plane 3303:Translation 3222:Translation 3171:Translation 2968:(e.g., for 2506:composition 2371:), and the 2321:Felix Klein 2212:, they are 2008:defined by 1859:converges. 1493:reflections 1402:mathematics 1323:Élie Cartan 1169:Root system 973:Exceptional 516:Topological 355:alternating 3589:Lie groups 3583:Categories 3529:References 3408:involution 3269:See also: 2753:reflection 2253:by a pair 2247:a fortiori 2216:, so that 2214:Lie groups 2134:rigid body 1641:handedness 1414:isometries 1308:Sophus Lie 1301:Scientists 1174:Weyl group 895:Symplectic 855:Orthogonal 805:Lie groups 623:Symplectic 563:Orthogonal 520:Lie groups 427:Free group 152:continuous 91:Direct sum 3398:See also 3352:operation 2922:Subgroups 2890:⋉ 2792:≅ 2665:≅ 2601:⋊ 2550:) is the 2520:− 2445:↦ 2394:↦ 1984:→ 1891:→ 1800:∈ 1659:) or SE( 1489:rotations 1468:) or ISO( 1185:Real form 1071:Euclidean 922:Classical 687:Conformal 575:Euclidean 182:nilpotent 3492:See also 3292:Identity 3211:Identity 3160:Identity 2985:lattices 2966:discrete 2749:rotation 2367:group T( 2337:distance 2301:of size 2290:of size 2218:calculus 1716:topology 1698:) is of 1672:opposite 1668:indirect 1649:subgroup 1566:Overview 1547:) and E( 1537:indirect 1357:Glossary 1051:PoincarĂ© 682:PoincarĂ© 527:Solenoid 399:Integers 389:Lattices 364:sporadic 359:Lie type 187:solvable 177:dihedral 162:additive 147:infinite 57:Subgroup 3468:In 3D: 2999:√ 2716:), the 2712:Now SO( 2639:) by T( 2488:) is a 2286:a real 2265:, with 1702:2 in E( 1476:group. 1472:), for 1408:is the 1265:physics 1046:Lorentz 875:Unitary 677:Lorentz 599:Unitary 498:Lattice 438:PSL(2, 172:abelian 83:(Semi-) 3572:  3551:  3547:–164. 3111:-fold 3016:e.g.: 2761:origin 2757:mirror 2744:is 1. 2738:direct 2504:, the 2428:is an 2424:where 2282:, and 2188:(0) = 2105:(1) = 2097:(0) = 2044:) = E( 1645:chiral 1625:− 1)/2 1592:+ 1)/2 1579:for E( 1560:groups 1558:These 1533:direct 1491:, and 1041:Circle 532:Circle 463:SL(2, 352:cyclic 316:-group 167:cyclic 142:finite 137:simple 121:kernel 3113:helix 2946:and I 2726:index 2724:) of 2635:of E( 2554:of O( 2492:of E( 2472:with 2341:angle 2089:in E( 2021:) = ( 1700:index 1686:of E( 1684:coset 1670:, or 1651:of E( 1583:) is 1416:of a 1410:group 1116:Index 716:Sp(∞) 713:SU(∞) 126:image 3570:ISBN 3549:ISBN 3333:Yes 3320:Yes 3309:Yes 3298:Yes 3239:Yes 3228:Yes 3217:Yes 3177:Yes 3166:Yes 2970:1 ≀ 2294:; 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Index

Algebraic structure
Group theory

Subgroup
Normal subgroup
Group action
Quotient group
(Semi-)
direct product
Direct sum
Free product
Wreath product
Group homomorphisms
kernel
image
simple
finite
infinite
continuous
multiplicative
additive
cyclic
abelian
dihedral
nilpotent
solvable
Glossary of group theory
List of group theory topics
Finite groups
Cyclic group

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