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A cardboard approach to factor groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Keith Austin*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, The University, Sheffield S3 7RH

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Example 1

Take a cardboard equilateral triangle. It is well known that this has six symmetries. To display these symmetries we colour the vertices of the triangle on both sides of the card with three different colours.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983

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