1.I.3G

Geometry of Group Actions | Part II, 2005

Let GG be a subgroup of the group of isometries Isom(R2)\operatorname{Isom}\left(\mathbb{R}^{2}\right) of the Euclidean plane. What does it mean to say that GG is discrete?

Supposing that GG is discrete, show that the subgroup GTG_{T} of GG consisting of all translations in GG is generated by translations in at most two linearly independent vectors in R2\mathbb{R}^{2}. Show that there is a homomorphism GO(2)G \rightarrow O(2) with kernel GTG_{T}.

Draw, and briefly explain, pictures which illustrate two different possibilities for GG when GTG_{T} is isomorphic to the additive group Z\mathbb{Z}.

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