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Gyrogroup actions: A generalization of group actions

Group Theory 2016-02-05 v2

Abstract

This article explores the novel notion of gyrogroup actions, which is a natural generalization of the usual notion of group actions. As a first step toward the study of gyrogroup actions from the algebraic viewpoint, we prove three well-known theorems in group theory for gyrogroups: the orbit-stabilizer theorem, the orbit decomposition theorem, and the Burnside lemma (or the Cauchy-Frobenius lemma). We then prove that under a certain condition, a gyrogroup GG acts transitively on the set G/HG/H of left cosets of a subgyrogroup HH in GG in a natural way. From this we prove the structure theorem that every transitive action of a gyrogroup can be realized as a gyrogroup action by left gyroaddition. We also exhibit concrete examples of gyrogroup actions from the M\"obius and Einstein gyrogroups.

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@article{arxiv.1601.06498,
  title  = {Gyrogroup actions: A generalization of group actions},
  author = {Teerapong Suksumran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.06498},
  year   = {2016}
}