37 relations: Asymmetry, Chiral knot, Chiral polytope, Chirality (chemistry), Chirality (physics), Determinant, Equilateral triangle, Eric W. Weisstein, Erica Flapan, Figure-eight knot (mathematics), Frieze group, Geometry, Glide reflection, Handedness, Helix, Improper rotation, Isometry, Isosceles triangle, Knot (mathematics), Mirror image, Orientation (vector space), Orthogonal matrix, Point reflection, Right-hand rule, Rotation (mathematics), Rotational symmetry, Skewness, Symmetry group, Symmetry operation, Tetris, Tetromino, Translation (geometry), Trefoil knot, Triangle, Unknot, Vertex operator algebra, Wolfram Demonstrations Project.
Asymmetry
Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry (the property of an object being invariant to a transformation, such as reflection).
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Chiral knot
In the mathematical field of knot theory, a chiral knot is a knot that is not equivalent to its mirror image.
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Chiral polytope
In mathematics, there are two competing definitions for a chiral polytope.
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Chirality (chemistry)
Chirality is a geometric property of some molecules and ions.
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Chirality (physics)
A chiral phenomenon is one that is not identical to its mirror image (see the article on mathematical chirality).
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Determinant
In linear algebra, the determinant is a value that can be computed from the elements of a square matrix.
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Equilateral triangle
In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides are equal.
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Eric W. Weisstein
Eric Wolfgang Weisstein (born March 18, 1969) is an encyclopedist who created and maintains MathWorld and Eric Weisstein's World of Science (ScienceWorld).
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Erica Flapan
Erica Flapan (born August 14, 1956) is an American mathematician, the Lingurn H. Burkhead Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College.
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Figure-eight knot (mathematics)
In knot theory, a figure-eight knot (also called Listing's knot or a Cavendish knot) is the unique knot with a crossing number of four.
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Frieze group
In mathematics, a frieze or frieze pattern is a design on a two-dimensional surface that is repetitive in one direction.
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Geometry
Geometry (from the γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space.
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Glide reflection
In 2-dimensional geometry, a glide reflection (or transflection) is a type of opposite isometry of the Euclidean plane: the composition of a reflection in a line and a translation along that line.
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Handedness
In human biology, handedness is a better, faster, or more precise performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand; the less capable or less preferred hand is called the non-dominant hand.
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Helix
A helix, plural helixes or helices, is a type of smooth space curve, i.e. a curve in three-dimensional space.
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Improper rotation
In geometry, an improper rotation,.
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Isometry
In mathematics, an isometry (or congruence, or congruent transformation) is a distance-preserving transformation between metric spaces, usually assumed to be bijective.
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Isosceles triangle
In geometry, an isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides of equal length.
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Knot (mathematics)
In mathematics, a knot is an embedding of a circle S^1 in 3-dimensional Euclidean space, R3 (also known as E3), considered up to continuous deformations (isotopies).
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Mirror image
A mirror image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface.
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Orientation (vector space)
In mathematics, orientation is a geometric notion that in two dimensions allows one to say when a cycle goes around clockwise or counterclockwise, and in three dimensions when a figure is left-handed or right-handed.
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Orthogonal matrix
In linear algebra, an orthogonal matrix is a square matrix whose columns and rows are orthogonal unit vectors (i.e., orthonormal vectors), i.e. where I is the identity matrix.
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Point reflection
In geometry, a point reflection or inversion in a point (or inversion through a point, or central inversion) is a type of isometry of Euclidean space.
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Right-hand rule
In mathematics and physics, the right-hand rule is a common mnemonic for understanding orientation conventions for the vector cross product in three dimensions.
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Rotation (mathematics)
Rotation in mathematics is a concept originating in geometry.
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Rotational symmetry
Rotational symmetry, also known as radial symmetry in biology, is the property a shape has when it looks the same after some rotation by a partial turn.
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Skewness
In probability theory and statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean.
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Symmetry group
In group theory, the symmetry group of an object (image, signal, etc.) is the group of all transformations under which the object is invariant with composition as the group operation.
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Symmetry operation
In the context of molecular symmetry, a symmetry operation is a permutation of atoms such that the molecule or crystal is transformed into a state indistinguishable from the starting state.
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Tetris
Tetris (Тетрис) is a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov.
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Tetromino
A tetromino is a geometric shape composed of four squares, connected orthogonally.
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Translation (geometry)
In Euclidean geometry, a translation is a geometric transformation that moves every point of a figure or a space by the same distance in a given direction.
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Trefoil knot
In topology, a branch of mathematics, the trefoil knot is the simplest example of a nontrivial knot.
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Triangle
A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices.
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Unknot
The unknot arises in the mathematical theory of knots.
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Vertex operator algebra
In mathematics, a vertex operator algebra (VOA) is an algebraic structure that plays an important role in two-dimensional conformal field theory and string theory.
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project
The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an organized, open-source collection of small (or medium-size) interactive programs called Demonstrations, which are meant to visually and interactively represent ideas from a range of fields.
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Enantiomorph, Enantiomorphous, Enantiomorphs, Incongruent counterparts.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_(mathematics)