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Lie Groups are Groups that are additionally smooth manifolds such that the multiplication and the inverse maps are smooth.

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Can SO_n(R) be approximated arbitrarily well using a discrete subgroup?

The only finite subgroups of $G=SO_3(\mathbf{R})$ are cyclic, dihedral or of order 12, 24 or 60. The latter three can't work for small enough $\epsilon$ but neither can the cyclic or dihedral groups a …
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Parametrization of O(3)

The general element is $\pm\exp(A)$ where $A$ is skew-symmetric. (This gives each element infinitely often). This trick essentially works for all compact Lie groups. There is also the Cayley paramete …
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