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DIHEDRAL GROUPS Introduction - University of Connecticut

1. Introduction For n 3, the dihedral group D n is de ned as the rigid motions1 taking a regular n-gon back to itself, with the operation being composition. These polygons for n= 3;4, 5, and 6 are pictured below. The dotted lines are lines of re ection: re ecting the polygon across each line brings the polygon back to itself, so these re ...

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