Sharp three-transitivity of Möbius transformations

ID: sharp-three-transitivity-of-mobius-transformations

For ordered triples of distinct points of the Riemann sphere, a unique Möbius transformation sends the first triple to the second. Normalize each triple to using , with the usual limits at infinity, and compose . Any two choices differ by a Möbius transformation fixing those three standard points. Fixing infinity makes it affine; fixing zero and one then makes it the identity. Thus the Möbius group action is sharply three-transitive, a stronger property than mere transitivity on triples.

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