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HW 2 Exercise 1.4 updated

HW 2 Exercise 1.4 updated

by Sofia Tirabassi -
Number of replies: 3
To preve this you have to assume that |X|>2.

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Re: HW 2 Exercise 1.4 updated

by Zacharias Veiksaar -
Hi Sofia! The deadline for HW2 was yesterday. Will the deadline be extended or is this just info to help our understanding of what a correct solution would look like?
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Re: HW 2 Exercise 1.4 updated

by Edoardo Mason -

Hi,

we just wanted to point out this "degenerate case" where a group acts trivially on a set X with 2 elements a,b ( = fixing both elements). Then G = Stab(a) acts transitively on X - {a} = {b} (and same for {a}) but the action is of course not doubly transitive. This contradicts the claim of Problem 1.4 and indeed the correct argument needs at least 3 elements in X to run. But this is of course a very special and degenerate case, so if your argument is correct it will not be taken into account for the grading.

Best,

Edoardo