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A group isomorphic to the rotation group of a dihedron, i.e. of a regular doubled [[Pyramid|pyramid]]. If the base of the pyramid is an <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324101.png" />-gon, the corresponding dihedron group is of order <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324102.png" /> and is generated by two rotations <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324103.png" /> and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324104.png" /> of orders <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324105.png" /> and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324106.png" /> respectively, with the defining relation <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d032/d032410/d0324107.png" />. A dihedral group is sometimes understood to denote the dihedral group of order 8 only. Two different elements of order 2 in any finite group generate a dihedral group.
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A group isomorphic to the rotation group of a dihedron, i.e. of a regular doubled [[Pyramid|pyramid]]. If the base of the pyramid is an $n$-gon, the corresponding dihedron group is of order $2n$ and is generated by two rotations $\phi$ and $\psi$ of orders $n$ and $2$ respectively, with the defining relation $\phi\psi\phi\psi=1$. A dihedral group is sometimes understood to denote the dihedral group of order 8 only. Two different elements of order 2 in any finite group generate a dihedral group.
  
 
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<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  G.G. Hall,  "Applied group theory" , Longman  (1967)</TD></TR></table>
 
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  G.G. Hall,  "Applied group theory" , Longman  (1967)</TD></TR></table>

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dihedral group

A group isomorphic to the rotation group of a dihedron, i.e. of a regular doubled pyramid. If the base of the pyramid is an $n$-gon, the corresponding dihedron group is of order $2n$ and is generated by two rotations $\phi$ and $\psi$ of orders $n$ and $2$ respectively, with the defining relation $\phi\psi\phi\psi=1$. A dihedral group is sometimes understood to denote the dihedral group of order 8 only. Two different elements of order 2 in any finite group generate a dihedral group.

References

[1] G.G. Hall, "Applied group theory" , Longman (1967)
How to Cite This Entry:
Dihedral group. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Dihedral_group&oldid=14889
This article was adapted from an original article by V.D. Mazurov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article