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This is the group of order n consisting of the powers 1, r, ..., rn−1 of an element r such that rn = 1. It can be realized as the group of rotations through angles 2kπ/n around an axis. It is an abelian group.
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Serre, JP. (1977). Examples. In: Linear Representations of Finite Groups. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 42. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9458-7_5
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