# Binary cyclic group

In mathematics, the binary cyclic group of the "n"-gon is the cyclic group of order 2"n", $C_\left\{2n\right\}$, thought of as a extension of the cyclic group $C_n$ a cyclic group of order 2.

It is the binary polyhedral group corresponding to the cyclic group.

ee also

*binary polyhedral group
*binary dihedral group
*binary tetrahedral group
*binary octahedral group
*binary icosahedral group

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