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Burnside's lemma
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Burnside's lemma
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2026-10-14
For
a
finite group
G
acting
on
a
finite set
X
, the
number
of
orbits
is
∣
X
/
G
∣
=
∣
G
∣
1
∑
g
∈
G
∣
X
g
∣.
(1)
It follows
by
counting
pairs
(
g
,
x
)
with
gx
=
x
first
by
g
and then by
x
.
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