Timeline for Expression of the number of distinct necklaces with $m$ beads of $n$ different colors.(rotations don't count)
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| Dec 15, 2015 at 5:44 | comment | added | David Hill | There are multiple conventions. It is not uncommon to write $D_{2n}$ for the dihedral group of a regular $n$-gon. It has order $2n$. | |
| Dec 15, 2015 at 4:57 | comment | added | mathchai | In the example do you mean $D_4$? | |
| Dec 15, 2015 at 4:21 | comment | added | David Hill | Yes, I am including reflections (the same method works if you don't.) | |
| Dec 15, 2015 at 4:16 | comment | added | mathchai | Would this be the case where reflections don't count either? | |
| Dec 14, 2015 at 22:57 | history | answered | David Hill | CC BY-SA 3.0 |