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Arturo Magidin
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Who first introduced the functional defintiondefinition of symmetry?

Who first introduced the definition of symmetry using functions explicitly? (That is, for instance, a symmetry of a subset X$X$ of the plane is a function F$F$ from the plane to the plane that preserves distance and F(X) = X$F(X) = X$).

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Who first introduced the functional defintion of symmetry?

Who first introduced the definition of symmetry using functions explicitly? (That is, for instance, a symmetry of a subset X of the plane is a function F from the plane to the plane that preserves distance and F(X) = X).

Thanks!

Who first introduced the functional definition of symmetry?

Who first introduced the definition of symmetry using functions explicitly? (That is, for instance, a symmetry of a subset $X$ of the plane is a function $F$ from the plane to the plane that preserves distance and $F(X) = X$).

Thanks!

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Humberto José Bortolossi
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Who first introduced the functional defintion of symmetry?

Who first introduced the definition of symmetry using functions explicitly? (That is, for instance, a symmetry of a subset X of the plane is a function F from the plane to the plane that preserves distance and F(X) = X).

Thanks!