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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2017 Prelims Mathematics I 7 b ii Solution by
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Let . Choose a unit vector perpendicular to , and put . The cross product identities show that is an orthonormal basis with positive orientation: , soThus the matrix with these columns belongs to the special orthogonal group and satisfies . For any , the element sends to . Therefore the group action on the unit sphere is transitive.
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