Coxeter notation
| , [ ] = [1] C1v | , [2] C2v | , [3] C3v | , [4] C4v | , [5] C5v | , [6] C6v | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order 2 | Order 4 | Order 6 | Order 8 | Order 10 | Order 12 | 
| [2] = [2,1] D1h | [2,2] D2h | [2,3] D3h | [2,4] D4h | [2,5] D5h | [2,6] D6h | 
| Order 4 | Order 8 | Order 12 | Order 16 | Order 20 | Order 24 | 
| , [3,3], Td | , [4,3], Oh | , [5,3], Ih | |||
| Order 24 | Order 48 | Order 120 | |||
| Coxeter notation expresses Coxeter groups as a list of branch orders of a Coxeter diagram, like the polyhedral groups, = [p,q]. Dihedral groups, , can be expressed as a product [ ]×[n] or in a single symbol with an explicit order 2 branch, [2,n]. | |||||
In geometry, Coxeter notation (also Coxeter symbol) is a system of classifying symmetry groups, describing the angles between fundamental reflections of a Coxeter group in a bracketed notation expressing the structure of a Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with modifiers to indicate certain subgroups. The notation is named after H. S. M. Coxeter, and has been more comprehensively defined by Norman Johnson.