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Face-pair orbits of cube rotations (∣O∣=6,6,24)

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The rotational symmetry group of a cube has three group orbits on ordered pairs of faces: equal faces, opposite faces, and adjacent faces. Their sizes are respectively 6, 6 and 24. Fixing one face leaves its cyclic group of four quarter-turns, which acts transitively on the four adjacent faces; this proves transitivity in the last orbit rather than merely counting its points.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2010 / ia / Paper 3 / 5D / i / Solution

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