Microworld : Symmetry
and Groups: (All in One)
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Author:
Ravinder
Kumar
This
Microworld is an attempt to offer visualization of the symmetric group S3
of degree 3. Rotations and reflections of an equilateral triangle are shown
visually using animations. Calculator for the symmetries helps compute various
combinations of the symmetries. The user is encouraged to use the tools developed
in exploring the group S3; for example, order of an element, cyclic subgroups,
and lattice of subgroups of S3. Although different basic concepts related
to a group are defined and some basic properties developed, it will be better
if the user is exposed to the definition of a group and some basic properties
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