Talk:Continuous symmetry

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Mathematics rating:	Stub Class	Mid Priority	Field: Topology
Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Click to show/hide comments. Please add to or update the comments to suggest improvements to the article. Cronholm144 10:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stub status

Made this article a stub since the definition is not especially clear. The only definition in the article is "idea viewing some symmetries as motions." Needs elaboration. An example would be helpful as well. The remainder of the article is not accessible to someone new to the topic. For instance, the example of a motion references a Lie group, which in turn references continuous symmetry. So if you don't understand one, you're out of luck. Ealdent (talk) 08:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

It never wasn't rated as a stub (see the template above). Templates belong on the talk pages of articles, but thank you for trying to help out. As far as accessibility goes, this is a problem for quite a few higher math articles and as of yet there is no solution for this problem. Basically articles must assume a certain level of knowledge in order to remain on topic. However, this article, being a stub, has a lot of room for improvement (Be bold if you can help out). Cheers—Cronholm¹⁴⁴ 09:23, 17 November 2007 (UTC)