Rosette Groups
There are two families of discrete two-dimensional point groups, and they are specified with parameter n, which is the order of the group of the rotations in the group.
| Family | Intl (orbifold) |
Geo Coxeter |
Schönflies | Order | Examples | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclic symmetry | n (nn) |
n + |
Cn | n | + | + |
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| Dihedral symmetry | nm (*nn) |
n |
Dn | 2n | ||||||
Read more about this topic: List Of Planar Symmetry Groups
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