Finite Reflection Groups

by Larry C. Grove and C.T. Benson

Book Overview

Chapter 1 introduces some of the terminology and notation used later and indicates prerequisites. Chapter 2 gives a reasonably thorough account of all finite subgroups of the orthogonal groups in two and three dimensions. The presentation is somewhat less formal than in succeeding chapters. For instance, the existence of the icosahedron is accepted as an empirical fact, and no formal proof of existence is included. Throughout most of Chapter 2 we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441930728
• ISBN13: 9781441930729
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"