Rachel S.
asked 06/03/14Can a figure have two lines of symmetry and no rotational symmetry?
Can a figure have two lines of symmetry and no rotational symmetry?
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David T. answered 08/26/14
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Also a Rhombus. I turns out that Rhombus' can be closely related to the ellipses described above, and maybe shouldn't be seen as a truly separate phenomena:
inscribe a square in a circle. Pull two opposite corners of the square (and circle) outward or inward. The resulting figure is a rhombus inscribed in an ellipse.
In more than two dimensions this question can very interesting! But people are still getting PhD's describing these so I think it is not what you are asking about.
Justin S. answered 06/03/14
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Yes! One example would be an ellipse. It has 2 lines of symmetry, one along the major axis and one along the minor axis, but it doesn't have rotational symmetry.
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