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Featured Item:
This
tile, which has bilateral symmetry, is from a close in Hyndland,
in Glasgow. Symmetric patterns fit with our idea of beauty and are
used for ornamentation throughout the world.
Symmetry groups give the mathematical description for different
types of symmetry. They are important in mathematics, and many other
areas. In chemistry, they help us to understand the structure of
crystals; in quantum mechanics they have been used to predict elementary
particles.