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In the Classroom
Trigrams in the Ancient I Ching Oracle: An Application of Group Theory
Ney V. Vugman
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, C.T., Bloco A, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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February 2001
Vol. 78 No. 2
p. 213
Abstract
The Ancient Chinese I Ching's trigrams may provide excellent motivation for learning group theory. It is shown that the eight trigrams form the representation of a mathematical group, which also may be written as the direct product of the water molecule point symmetry group and the group of the inversion operation.
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*  Citation
 Vugman, Ney Vernon. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 213.
*  Keywords
 Graduate Education / Research; Group Theory; Problem-Based Learning; Teaching / Learning Aids
*  History
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Last Updated:		 December 22, 2000
August 31, 2005
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