Other Objects
A perfect snowflake would have *66 symmetry, |
The pentagon has symmetry *55, the whole image with arrows 55. |
The Flag of Hong Kong has 5 fold rotation symmetry, 55. |
The symmetry of a 2D object without translational symmetry can be described by the 3D symmetry type by adding a third dimension to the object which does not add or spoil symmetry. For example, for a 2D image we can consider a piece of carton with that image displayed on one side; the shape of the carton should be such that it does not spoil the symmetry, or it can be imagined to be infinite. Thus we have nn and *nn.
Similarly, a 1D image can be drawn horizontally on a piece of carton, with a provision to avoid additional symmetry with respect to the line of the image, e.g. by drawing a horizontal bar under the image. Thus the discrete symmetry groups in one dimension are 11, *11, ∞∞ and and *∞∞.
Another way of constructing a 3D object from a 1D or 2D object for describing the symmetry is taking the Cartesian product of the object and an asymmetric 2D or 1D object, respectively.
Read more about this topic: Orbifold Notation
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