Abstract
In this paper we study periodic functions of one and two variables that are invariant under a subgroup of the Euclidean group. Starting with a function defined on the plane we obtain a function of one variable by two methods: we project the values of the function on a strip into its edge, by integrating along the width; and we restrict the function to a line. If the functions had been obtained by solving a partial differential equation equivariant under the Euclidean group, how do their symmetries compare to those of solutions of equations formulated directly in one dimension? Some of the symmetries of projected and of restricted functions can be obtained knowing the symmetries of the original functions only. There are also some extra symmetries arising for special widths of the strip and for some special positions of the line used for restriction. We obtain a general description of the two types of symmetries and discuss how they arise in the wallpaper groups (crystalographic groups of the plane). We show that the projections and restrictions of solutions of p.d.e.s in the plane may have symmetry groups larger than those of solutions of problems formulated in one dimension.
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