Multiplication Table of C3V and P3 Symmetry Groups

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Can one set up a multiplication table for the symmetry group C3V of the equilateral
triangle.
Then show that it is identical to that of the permutation group P3.

I need some clarification...


What about a matrix representation (2x2) for these groups?
→ Here was thinking to use Cartesian coordinate
system in the xy plane, with origin at the center of the triangle.
 
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I believe this will help answer your question about the symmetry group of the equilateral triangle:

http://dogschool.tripod.com/trianglegroup.html

The symmetry group of the equilateral triangle is indeed isomorphic to the dihedral group of order six (degree three) ##D_3##.

It is also isomorphic to ##SL(2, 2)## I believe.