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Showing that a subgroup of Sym(4) is isomorphic to D_8
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[QUOTE="Mr Davis 97, post: 6029493, member: 515461"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] Let ##R## be the set of all polynomials with integer coefficients in the independent variables ##x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4##. ##S_4## acts on ##R## by the group action ##\sigma \cdot p(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) = p(x_{\sigma(1)},x_{\sigma(2)},x_{\sigma(3)},x_{\sigma(4)})##. Exhibit all permutations in ##S_4## that stabilize the element ##x_1x_2 + x_3x_4## and prove that they form a subgroup isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 8. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2][h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] So, by listing the elements of ##S_4## and seeing how they act on ##x_1x_2+x_3x_4##, I found that the stabilizer of ##x_1x_2+x_3x_4## is ##\{1,(12),(34),(12)(34),(13)(24),(14)(23),(1324),(1423) \}##. My problem is showing that this is isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 8. I think the correspondence is clear if we label the vertices of a square and consider the permutations as symmetries of the square, but I feel that exhibiting this 1-1 correspondence in that much detail is too computationally intensive and that there should be an easier way. [/QUOTE]
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