Prove PGL(V) Acts 2-Transitively on P(V) Projective Space

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PGL(V) acts 2-transitively on P(V) projective space for any vector space V with dimension greater than 1. This is established by the fact that any two non-collinear vectors can be selected to form a basis. However, PGL(V) does not act 3-transitively because three vectors can only form a basis if they are linearly independent, and a GL(V) transformation cannot map linearly independent vectors to linearly dependent vectors.

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Dim(V)>1.Prove that PGL(V) acts two transitively but not 3 transitively on P(V) projective space.
 
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Idea: Any two non-colinear vectors form a basis. Three vectors form a basis only when they are linearrly independent. You can't map linearly independent vectors to linearly dependent vectors by a GL(V) transformation.
 

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