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
J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78 (2), p 213
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p213
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 2001
History, Education, and Documentation

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.

Keywords (Audience):

Graduate Education / Research

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Problem Solving / Decision Making

Keywords (Subject):

Group Theory / Symmetry
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