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What would be the suffix for "group"? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We have "triangle" "rectangle" "pentagon"...etc "tetrahedral" "cube" "octahedron" ..etc

Instead of having to say "group" all the time, like "dihedral group" "cyclic group", if we make it into one word it will sound more like an elementary mathematical object.

What would be a nice suffix for group?

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[–] tuto193 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm no mathematician, but maybe plurals (?) "Dihedrals", " cyclics", etxc. sound fine to me, but I'm no expert.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

it's more about linguistics and it is clearly what mathematicians in the past didn't care enough, so it is okay to talk about it and give ideas.

[–] WhereGrapesMayRule 5 points 8 months ago

Cyclicorgy, dihedralorgy, etc...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Just omit the word group