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tag: GYPSKB3QZD
kind: concept
name: Schönflies notation
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:463721@r1360908227
    locator: Space group, section Notation
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/463721#KTQI
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [9MS5C87EJ1]
---

## Summary

The space groups with given point group are numbered by 1, 2, 3, ... (in the same order as their international number) and this number is added as a superscript to the Schönflies symbol for the point group. For example, groups numbers 3 to 5 whose point group is *C*${}_{2}$ have Schönflies symbols *C*1, *C*2, *C*3.