Euclidean group

E121354

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

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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

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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