The general linear group over a finite field acts faithfully on the four vectors of , 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 . Swapping the two coordinates fixes and and exchanges the other two vectors, so its four-point permutation is odd. This action therefore embeds the group into with nontrivial composite sign homomorphism.
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