Symmetry in mathematics
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Peter Hilton; Jean Pedersen
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Article
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1986
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The role of symmetry in geometry is universally recognized. The principal purpose of this article, on the other hand, is to show how it plays many significant, hut varied, roles throughout the whole of mathematics. We illustrate this fact through characteristic examples; in most of these examples th