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  2. Point groups in three dimensions - Wikipedia

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    The symmetry group operations (symmetry operations) are the isometries of three-dimensional space R 3 that leave the origin fixed, forming the group O(3). These operations can be categorized as: The direct (orientation-preserving) symmetry operations, which form the group SO(3): The identity operation, denoted by E or the identity matrix I.

  3. List of character tables for chemically important 3D point groups

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    This lists the character tables for the more common molecular point groups used in the study of molecular symmetry. These tables are based on the group-theoretical treatment of the symmetry operations present in common molecules, and are useful in molecular spectroscopy and quantum chemistry. Information regarding the use of the tables, as well ...

  4. Dihedral symmetry in three dimensions - Wikipedia

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    D 2, [2,2] +, (222) of order 4 is one of the three symmetry group types with the Klein four-group as abstract group. It has three perpendicular 2-fold rotation axes. It is the symmetry group of a cuboid with an S written on two opposite faces, in the same orientation. D 2h, [2,2], (*222) of order 8 is the symmetry group of a cuboid.

  5. Dihedral group of order 6 - Wikipedia

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    The points within an orbit are "equivalent". If a symmetry group applies for a pattern, then within each orbit the color is the same. The set of all orbits of X under the action of G is written as X / G. If Y is a subset of X, we write GY for the set { g · y : y ∈ Y and g ∈ G}. We call the subset Y invariant under G if GY = Y (which is ...

  6. Molecular symmetry - Wikipedia

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    In a symmetry group, the group elements are the symmetry operations (not the symmetry elements), and the binary combination consists of applying first one symmetry operation and then the other. An example is the sequence of a C 4 rotation about the z-axis and a reflection in the xy-plane, denoted σ(xy) C 4 .

  7. Crystallographic point group - Wikipedia

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    In crystallography, a crystallographic point group is a three dimensional point group whose symmetry operations are compatible with a three dimensional crystallographic lattice. According to the crystallographic restriction it may only contain one-, two-, three-, four- and sixfold rotations or rotoinversions.

  8. Symmetry operation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a symmetry operation is a geometric transformation of an object that leaves the object looking the same after it has been carried out. For example, a 1 ⁄ 3 turn rotation of a regular triangle about its center, a reflection of a square across its diagonal, a translation of the Euclidean plane, or a point reflection of a sphere through its center are all symmetry operations.

  9. Schoenflies notation - Wikipedia

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    A pentagonal bipyramid and the Schoenflies notation that defines its symmetry: D 5h (a vertical quintuple axis of symmetry and a plane of horizontal symmetry equidistant from the two vertices) The Schoenflies (or Schönflies ) notation , named after the German mathematician Arthur Moritz Schoenflies , is a notation primarily used to specify ...