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The Groups of Regular Complex Polygons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

D. W. Crowe
D. W. Crowe*
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University College, IbadantNigeria
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The two-dimensional unitary space, U2, is a complex vector space of points (x, y) = (x1 + ix2, y1 + iy2), for which the distance between (x, y) and (x', y') is defined by . A unitary transformation is a linear transformation which preserves distance. A line is the set of points (x, y) satisfying some complex equation ax + by = c. A unitary transformation is a (unitary) reflection if it is of finite period n > 1 and leaves a line pointwise invariant. Thus à unitary matrix represents a reflection if its two characteristic roots are 1 and a complex nth root (n > 1) of 1.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 13 , 1961 , pp. 149 - 156
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1961

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