the same as the 1 in P1 ;-)

seriously, if you look at space group names:

143  P3
144  P31
145  P32

149  P312
151  P3112
153  P3212

150  P321
152  P3121
154  P3221

the 1s in 149 to 154 are necessary to differentiate them all.

On 18 Feb 2015, at 04:51, Keller, Jacob wrote:

> Dear Crystallographers,
> 
> I don't understand what the 1's are doing in space group names like P3212 or 
> P3112--can someone fill me in? Not easy to google this one.
> 
> JPK
> 
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