International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume D
Physical properties of crystals
Edited by A. Authier

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. D. ch. 3.4, p. 460

Table 3.4.2.5 

V. Janoveca* and J. Přívratskáb

a Department of Physics, Technical University of Liberec, Hálkova 6, 461 17 Liberec 1, Czech Republic, and bDepartment of Mathematics and Didactics of Mathematics, Technical University of Liberec, Hálkova 6, 461 17 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
Correspondence e-mail:  janovec@fzu.cz

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Symbols of symmetry operations of the point group [m\bar 3m ]

Standard: symbols used in Section 3.1.3[link] , in the present chapter and in the software; all symbols refer to the cubic crystallographic (Cartesian) basis, [p\equiv[111]] (all [{\underline{p}}]ositive), [q\equiv[\bar1\bar11], \ r\equiv [1\bar1\bar1], \ s\equiv [\bar11\bar1] ]. BC: Bradley & Cracknell (1972[link]). AH: Altmann & Herzig (1994[link]). IT A: IT A (2005[link]). Jones: Jones' faithful representation symbols express the action of a symmetry operation on a vector [(xyz)] (see e.g. Bradley & Cracknell, 1972[link]).

Standard BC AH IT A Jones Standard BC AH IT A Jones
1 or e E E 1 [x,y,z] [\bar{1}] or i I i [{\bar 1}]   [0,0,0] [\bar{x},\bar{y},\bar{z}]
[2_{z}] [C_{2z}] [C_{2z}] 2   [0,0,z] [{\bar x},{\bar y},z] [m_{z}] [\sigma_{z}] [\sigma_{z}] m    [x,y,0 ] [x,y,{\bar z}]
[2_{x}] [C_{2x}] [C_{2x}] 2   [x,0,0] [x,{\bar {y},{\bar z}}] [m_{x}] [\sigma_{x}] [\sigma_{x}] m    [0,y,z ] [{\bar x},y,z]
[2_{y}] [C_{2y}] [C_{2y}] 2   [0,y,0] [{\bar x},y,{\bar z}] [m_{y}] [\sigma_{y}] [\sigma_{y}] m    [x,0,z ] [x,{\bar y},z]
[2_{xy}] [C_{2a}] [C_{2a}^{\prime}] 2   [x,x,0] [y,x,{\bar z}] [m_{xy}] [\sigma_{da}] [\sigma_{d1}] m    [x,{\bar x},z ] [{\bar y},{\bar x},z]
[2_{x{\bar y}}] [C_{2b}] [C_{2b}^{\prime}] 2   [x,{\bar x},0 ] [{\bar y},{\bar x},{\bar z}] [m_{x{\bar y}}] [\sigma_{db}] [\sigma_{d2}] m    [x,x,z ] [y,x,z]
[2_{zx}] [C_{2c}] [C_{2c}^{\prime}] 2   [x,0,x,] [z,{\bar y},x] [m_{zx}] [\sigma_{dc}] [\sigma_{d3}] m    [{\bar x},y,x, ] [{\bar z},y,{\bar x}]
[2_{z{\bar x}}] [C_{2e}] [C_{2e}^{\prime}] 2   [{\bar x},0,x ] [{\bar z},{\bar y},{\bar x}] [m_{z{\bar x}}] [\sigma_{de}] [\sigma_{d5}] m    [x,y,x ] [z,y,x]
[2_{yz}] [C_{2d}] [C_{2d}^{\prime}] 2   [0,y,y] [{\bar x},z,y] [m_{yz}] [\sigma_{dd}] [\sigma_{d4}] m    [x,y,{\bar y} ] [x,{\bar z},{\bar y}]
[2_{y{\bar z}}] [C_{2f}] [C_{2f}^{\prime}] [2]   [0,y,{\bar y} ] [{\bar x},{\bar z},{\bar y}] [m_{y{\bar z}}] [\sigma_{df}] [\sigma_{d6}] m    [x,y,y ] [x,z,y]
[3_{p}] [C_{31}^{+}] [C_{31}^{+}] [3^{+}]   [x,x,x] [z,x,y] [{\bar 3}_{p}] [S_{61}^{-}] [S_{61}^{-}] [{\bar 3}^{+}]   [x,x,x] [{\bar z},{\bar x},{\bar y}]
[3_{q}] [C_{32}^{+}] [C_{32}^{+}] [3^{+}]   [{\bar x},{\bar x},x] [{\bar z},x,{\bar y}] [{\bar 3}_{q}] [S_{62}^{-}] [S_{62}^{-}] [{\bar 3}^{+}]   [{\bar x},{\bar x},x] [z,{\bar x},y]
[3_{r}] [C_{33}^{+}] [C_{33}^{+}] [3^{+}]   [x,{\bar x},{\bar x}] [{\bar z},{\bar x},y] [{\bar 3}_{r}] [S_{63}^{-}] [S_{63}^{-}] [{\bar 3}^{+}]   [x,{\bar x},{\bar x}] [z,x,{\bar y}]
[3_{s}] [C_{34}^{+}] [C_{34}^{+}] [3^{+}]   [{\bar x},x,{\bar x}] [z,{\bar x},{\bar y}] [{\bar 3}_{s}] [S_{64}^{-}] [S_{64}^{-}] [{\bar 3}^{+}]   [{\bar x},x,{\bar x}] [{\bar z},x,y]
[3_{p}^{2}] [C_{31}^{-}] [C_{31}^{-}] [3^{-}]   [x,x,x] [y,z,x] [{\bar 3}_{p}^{5}] [S_{61}^{+}] [S_{61}^{+}] [{\bar 3}^{-}]   [x,x,x] [{\bar y},{\bar z},{\bar x}]
[3_{q}^{2}] [C_{32}^{-}] [C_{32}^{-}] [3^{-}]   [{\bar x},{\bar x},x] [y,{\bar z},{\bar x}] [{\bar 3}_{q}^{5}] [S_{62}^{+}] [S_{62}^{+}] [{\bar 3}^{-}]   [{\bar x},{\bar x},x] [{\bar y},z,x]
[3_{r}^{2}] [C_{33}^{-}] [C_{33}^{-}] [3^{-}]   [x,{\bar x},{\bar x}] [{\bar y},z,{\bar x}] [{\bar 3}_{r}^{5}] [S_{63}^{+}] [S_{63}^{+}] [{\bar 3}^{-}]   [x,{\bar x},{\bar x}] [y,{\bar z},x]
[3_{s}^{2}] [C_{34}^{-}] [C_{34}^{-}] [3^{-}]   [{\bar x},x,{\bar x}] [{\bar y},{\bar z},x] [{\bar 3}_{s}^{5}] [S_{64}^{+}] [S_{64}^{+}] [{\bar 3}^{-}]   [{\bar x},x,{\bar x}] [y,z,{\bar x}]
[4_{z}] [C_{4z}^{+}] [C_{4z}^{+}] [4^{+}]   [0,0,z] [{\bar y},x,z] [{\bar 4}_{z}] [S_{4z}^{-}] [S_{4z}^{-}] [{\bar 4}^{+}]   [0,0,z] [y,{\bar x},{\bar z}]
[4_{x}] [C_{4x}^{+}] [C_{4x}^{+}] [4^{+}]   [x,0,0] [x,{\bar z},y] [{\bar 4}_{x}] [S_{4x}^{-}] [S_{4x}^{-}] [{\bar 4}^{+}]   [x,0,0] [{\bar x},z,{\bar y}]
[4_{y}] [C_{4y}^{+}] [C_{4y}^{+}] [4^{+}]   [0,y,0] [z,y,{\bar x}] [{\bar 4}_{y}] [S_{4y}^{-}] [S_{4y}^{-}] [{\bar 4}^{+}]   [0,y,0] [{\bar z},{\bar y},x]
[4_{z}^{3}] [C_{4z}^{-}] [C_{4z}^{-}] [4^{-}]   [0,0,z] [y,{\bar x},z] [{\bar 4}_{z}^{3}] [S_{4z}^{+}] [S_{4z}^{+}] [{\bar 4}^{-}]   [0,0,z] [{\bar y},x,{\bar z}]
[4_{x}^{3}] [C_{4x}^{-}] [C_{4x}^{-}] [4^{-}]   [x,0,0] [x,z,{\bar y}] [{\bar 4}_{x}^{3}] [S_{4x}^{+}] [S_{4x}^{+}] [{\bar 4}^{-}]   [x,0,0] [{\bar x},{\bar z},y]
[4_{y}^{3}] [C_{4y}^{-}] [C_{4y}^{-}] [4^{-}]   [0,y,0] [{\bar z},y,x] [{\bar 4}_{y}^{3}] [S_{4y}^{+}] [S_{4y}^{+}] [{\bar 4}^{-}]   [0,y,0] [z,{\bar y},{\bar x}]