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Concepts and Constructs

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A group is an abstract mathematical object, a set with elements and an operation satisfying certain axioms. A representation of a group realizes the elements of the group concretely as geometric symmetries.

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Sengupta, A.N. (2012). Concepts and Constructs. In: Representing Finite Groups. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1231-1_1

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