1.I.3G
Part II, 2005
Let be a subgroup of the group of isometries of the Euclidean plane. What does it mean to say that is discrete?
Supposing that is discrete, show that the subgroup of consisting of all translations in is generated by translations in at most two linearly independent vectors in . Show that there is a homomorphism with kernel .
Draw, and briefly explain, pictures which illustrate two different possibilities for when is isomorphic to the additive group .