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Finite Rotation Groups in Low Dimensions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Donald K. Friesen*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
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Let F be a vector space of dimension two, three, or four over a field of characteristic not two, and let V have a non-singular orthogonal metric. The problem discussed in this paper is the determination of all finite groups that can occur as subgroups of the rotation group of V.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1968

Footnotes

This work was partially supported by a grant from the Carnegie Foundation. It is based on the author's doctoral dissertation at Dartmouth College written under the direction of Professor Ernst Snapper.

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