Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/ia/paper-3/6d/c/solution

Choose and put . For any , double transitivity supplies an element taking the ordered pair to . Since , one has
Then sends to . Together with the identity for , this proves that acts transitively on .
Now let . Transitivity of gives with . Hence
so . Therefore
This is the point-stabilizer maximality property of a doubly transitive group action.

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