ApCoCoA-1:Dihedral groups
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Description
The dihedral group of degree n is the group of symmetries of a regular polynom. This non-abelian group consists of 2n elements, n rotations and n reflections. Let r be a single rotation and s be an arbitrary reflection. Then the group has the following representation
Dih(n) = <r,s | r^{n} = s^{2} = s^{-1}rs = r^{-1} = 1>
Reference
Reflection Groups and Invariant Theory, Richard Kane, Springer, 2001.
Computation
/*Use the ApCoCoA package ncpoly.*/ // Number of Dihedral group MEMORY.N:=5; Use ZZ/(2)[r,s]; NC.SetOrdering("LLEX"); Define CreateRelationsDihedral() Relations:=[]; // add the relation r^{n} = 1 Append(Relations,[[r^MEMORY.N],[1]]); // add the relation s^2 = 1 Append(Relations,[[s^2],[1]]); // add the relation s^{-1}rs = r^{-1} Append(Relations,[[s,r,s],[r^(MEMORY.N-1)]]); Return Relations; EndDefine; Relations:=CreateRelationsDihedral(); Relations; Gb:=NC.GB(Relations); Gb;
Example in Symbolic Data Format
<FREEALGEBRA createdAt="2014-03-02" createdBy="strohmeier"> <vars>r,s</vars> <basis> <ncpoly>r^5-1</ncpoly> <ncpoly>s*s-1</ncpoly> <ncpoly>s*r*s-r^(5-1)</ncpoly> </basis> <Comment>Dihedral_group_5</Comment> </FREEALGEBRA>