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  2. Reflection (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A reflection through an axis. In mathematics, a reflection (also spelled reflexion) [1] is a mapping from a Euclidean space to itself that is an isometry with a hyperplane as the set of fixed points; this set is called the axis (in dimension 2) or plane (in dimension 3) of reflection.

  3. Symmetry breaking - Wikipedia

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    When the particle is in either of these configurations, it is no longer fixed under reflection in the y-axis: reflection swaps the two vacuum states. An example with continuous symmetry is given by a 3d analogue of the previous example, from rotating the graph around an axis through the top of the hill, or equivalently given by the graph f ( x ...

  4. Transformation geometry - Wikipedia

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    The first real transformation is reflection in a line or reflection against an axis. The composition of two reflections results in a rotation when the lines intersect, or a translation when they are parallel. Thus through transformations students learn about Euclidean plane isometry. For instance, consider reflection in a vertical line and a ...

  5. Euclidean plane isometry - Wikipedia

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    Reflection. Reflections, or mirror isometries, denoted by F c,v, where c is a point in the plane and v is a unit vector in R 2.(F is for "flip".) have the effect of reflecting the point p in the line L that is perpendicular to v and that passes through c.

  6. Rotations and reflections in two dimensions - Wikipedia

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    An xy-Cartesian coordinate system rotated through an angle to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system In mathematics, a rotation of axes in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system in which the origin is kept fixed and the x′ and y′ axes are obtained by rotating the x and ...

  7. Wallpaper group - Wikipedia

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    Reflection in a line and glide reflection are preserved on expansion/contraction along, or perpendicular to, the axis of reflection and glide reflection. It changes p 6 m , p 4 g , and p 3 m 1 into cmm , p 3 m 1 into cm , and p 4 m , depending on direction of expansion/contraction, into pmm or cmm .

  8. Reflection symmetry - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, reflection symmetry, line symmetry, mirror symmetry, or mirror-image symmetry is symmetry with respect to a reflection. That is, a figure which does not change upon undergoing a reflection has reflectional symmetry. In 2-dimensional space, there is a line/axis of symmetry, in 3-dimensional space, there is a plane of symmetry

  9. Frieze group - Wikipedia

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    A symmetry group of a frieze group necessarily contains translations and may contain glide reflections, reflections along the long axis of the strip, reflections along the narrow axis of the strip, and 180° rotations. There are seven frieze groups, listed in the summary table. Many authors present the frieze groups in a different order. [1] [2]