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A group G acts freely on a set X if no nonidentity element of G fixes a point of X. Equivalently, the isotropy group of every point is the trivial group.


See also

Effective Action, Free Action, Group, Group Action, Group Fixed Point, Group Orbit, Group Representation, Isotropy Group, Lie Group Quotient Space, Matrix Group, Topological Group, Transitive

Portions of this entry contributed by Todd Rowland

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Todd Rowland. "Freely." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Freely.html

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