Dihedral Group of Order 6

Dihedral Group Of Order 6

The smallest non-abelian group has 6 elements. It is a dihedral group with notation D3 (or D6, both are used) and the symmetric group of degree 3, with notation S3.

This page illustrates many group concepts using this group as example.

Read more about Dihedral Group Of Order 6:  Symmetry Groups, Permutations of A Set of Three Objects, Summary of Group Operations, Conjugacy Classes, Subgroups, Semidirect Products, Group Action, Orbits and Stabilizers

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