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Faithful four-point action of GL2 over F2 (GL2​(F2​)≅S3​)

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The general linear group over a finite field GL2​(F2​) acts faithfully on the four vectors of F22​, since a matrix fixing all vectors fixes the standard basis. The zero vector is fixed by every element; the induced action on the three nonzero vectors identifies this six-element group with S3​. Swapping the two coordinates fixes (0,0) and (1,1) and exchanges the other two vectors, so its four-point permutation is odd. This action therefore embeds the group into S4​ with nontrivial composite sign homomorphism.

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