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A cardboard approach to factor groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Keith Austin
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
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 67 , Issue 441 , October 1983 , pp. 197 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983

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