Euclidean group

E121354

The Euclidean group is the group of all distance-preserving transformations of Euclidean space, consisting of rotations, reflections, and translations.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lie group ⓘ
isometry group ⓘ
mathematical group ⓘ
topological group ⓘ
actsOn Euclidean space ⓘ
alsoKnownAs group of Euclidean isometries ⓘ
group of rigid motions ⓘ
contains all rigid motions of Euclidean space ⓘ
dimensionAsLieGroup n(n+1)/2 ⓘ
field mathematics ⓘ
groupOperation composition of transformations ⓘ
hasComponent reflections ⓘ
rotations ⓘ
translations ⓘ
hasConnectedComponentOfIdentity orientation-preserving Euclidean group ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
hasGeneralElementForm x ↦ Rx + t with R in O(n) and t in R^n ⓘ
hasNotation E(n) ⓘ
ISO(n) ⓘ
Isom(R^n) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
hasOrientationPreservingSubgroupNotation E^+(n) ⓘ
SE(n) ⓘ
hasProperty acts transitively on Euclidean space ⓘ
hasSubgroup orientation-preserving Euclidean group ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group

orthogonal group O(n) ⓘ
special orthogonal group SO(n) ⓘ
translation group of R^n ⓘ
identityElement identity isometry ⓘ
inverseElement inverse isometry ⓘ
isConnected false ⓘ
isHomogeneousSpaceFor Euclidean space as E(n)/O(n) ⓘ
isNoncompact true ⓘ
isometryType distance-preserving transformations ⓘ
isSemidirectProductOf orthogonal group O(n) ⓘ
translation group of R^n ⓘ
parameterizedBy dimension n of Euclidean space ⓘ
preserves Euclidean distance ⓘ
angles ⓘ
inner product up to orthogonality ⓘ
orientation (for orientation-preserving subgroup) ⓘ
relatedTo Galilean group ⓘ
Poincaré group ⓘ
subfield Lie theory ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
group theory ⓘ
usedIn classical mechanics ⓘ
computer graphics ⓘ
computer vision ⓘ
crystallography ⓘ
rigid body kinematics ⓘ
robotics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euclidean space → hasSymmetryGroup → Euclidean group ⓘ
Euclidean group → hasNotation → Isom(R^n) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
Euclidean group → hasSubgroup → orientation-preserving Euclidean group ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
Euclidean group → hasConnectedComponentOfIdentity → orientation-preserving Euclidean group ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
E(n) → alsoKnownAs → Euclidean group of dimension n ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
E(n) → hasConnectedComponentOfIdentity → orientation-preserving Euclidean group E^+(n) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
E(n) → generalizes → Euclidean group E(2) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
E(n) → generalizes → Euclidean group E(3) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
Galilean group → hasSubgroup → Euclidean group in three dimensions ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
Menger curvature → invariantUnder → Euclidean isometries ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
ISO(n) → notationVariant → Isom(R^n) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group
affine group of R^n → containsAsSubgroup → Euclidean group E(n) ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean group