Portraits of Groups
Jay Zimmerman

Bridges London: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 131–134

Abstract

This paper represents some small finite groups as groups of transformations of a compact surface of small genus. In particular, we start with a designated pair of regions of this surface and each region is labeled with the group element, which transforms the designated region into it. This gives a portrait of that finite group. These surfaces and the regions corresponding to the group elements are shown in this paper. William Burnside first gave a simple example of such a portrait in his 1911 book, “Theory of Groups of Finite Order”.

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