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Dihedral group (Dn​)

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Our notation: Dn​, called "dihedral group of degree n", means the dihedral group of the regular polygon with n sides, and therefore has order 2n (all rotations + flips), called the "dihedral group of order 2n".

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Dihedral group by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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The dihedral group D2n​ is generated by a rotation r of order n and a reflection s with srs=r−1; it has order 2n.
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