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Home / Concepts / Symmetry and Point Groups / Complete Symmetry Flowchart

Complete Symmetry Flowchart

 

By Alexander Miller

This flowchart from the Otterbein symmetry website includes every point group, including some very rare, very high symmetry examples such as I, O, and Th.

https://symotter.org/assets/flowchart.pdf

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