In this paper we show analytically that, in general, nematic liquid crystals (NLC) with curvature strain belong to the C\[l] point group. However, NLC with simple splay deformation or simple bend deformation possess C2 v [mm2] symmetry and those with simple twist deformation possess Dz[222] symmetry.
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