Order of Group Element/Examples/Rotation Through nth Part of Full Angle
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Example of Order of Group Element
Let $G$ denote the group of isometries in the plane under composition of mappings.
Let $r$ be the rotation of the plane about a given point $O$ through an angle $\dfrac {2 \pi} n$, for some $n \in \Z_{> 0}$.
Then $r$ is the generator of a subgroup $\gen r$ of $G$ which is of order $n$.
Proof
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Sources
- 1978: Thomas A. Whitelaw: An Introduction to Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 38$. Period of an element