Dihedral Groups #
We define the dihedral groups DihedralGroup n, with elements r i and sr i for i : ZMod n.
For n โ 0, DihedralGroup n represents the symmetry group of the regular n-gon. r i
represents the rotations of the n-gon by 2ฯi/n, and sr i represents the reflections of the
n-gon. DihedralGroup 0 corresponds to the infinite dihedral group.
For n โ 0, DihedralGroup n represents the symmetry group of the regular n-gon.
r i represents the rotations of the n-gon by 2ฯi/n, and sr i represents the reflections of
the n-gon. DihedralGroup 0 corresponds to the infinite dihedral group.
- r {n : โ} : ZMod n โ DihedralGroup n
- sr {n : โ} : ZMod n โ DihedralGroup n
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The group structure on DihedralGroup n.
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If 0 < n, then DihedralGroup n is a finite group.
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If 0 < n, then DihedralGroup n has 2n elements.
sr i has order 2.
r 1 has order n.
If n is odd, then the Dihedral group of order $2n$ has $n(n+3)$ pairs (represented as $n + n + n + n*n$) of commuting elements.
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If n is odd, then the Dihedral group of order $2n$ has $n(n+3)$ pairs of commuting elements.