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Tetrahedral quotient onto the cyclic group of order three (A4​/V4​≅C3​)

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The identity and three half-turns form a normal Klein four-group V4​ inside the proper rotational tetrahedral symmetry group A4​. Conjugation preserves double-transposition cycle type, establishing normality. The quotient group has order three and is therefore cyclic. If r is any 3-cycle, every element is uniquely rjk with j∈{0,1,2} and k∈V4​. The formula rjk↦e2πij/3 defines a surjective group homomorphism with kernel V4​. Normality allows the factors from V4​ to be moved past powers of r, making exponents add modulo three and proving the homomorphism property directly.

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