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Conjugation on subgroups of $A_4$ faithful?
Let $X$ be the set of all subgroups of $G=A_4$. We define the group action $$G\times X\ni(g,H)\mapsto gHg^{-1}\in X$$
I am trying to determine whether this action is faithful, i.e. $\bigcap_{H\in X} ...
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Finding the number of orbits
How many orbits are there of $(12)(25)$ in $S_{5}$?
Considering the permutation $(12)$, it has $4$ orbits and is as follows:
$\{\{1,2\},\{3\},\{4\},\{5\}\}$
and (25) also has 4 orbits and is also ...
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Group Action - Permutation on the Polynomial
I'm trying to check the permutation on the polynomial is a Group Action, but I'm not getting the second axiom. I'm following my lecturer's work --- Examples 2.1 and 2.6 on page 5 on ...
