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A nontrivial normal subgroup $N$ of a finite p-group meets the center of a group nontrivially. The conjugation action of $G$ on $N$ has singleton orbits exactly at $N\cap Z(G)$. The orbit-stabilizer theorem makes every other orbit size divisible by $p$, so $|N\cap Z(G)|\equiv |N|\equiv 0(\mathrm{mod}p)$. Since the intersection contains the identity, its size is at least $p$.

If $N⊴G$ has prime index $p$, a conjugacy class of $G$ lying in $N$ splits into one or $p$ conjugacy classes of $N$. Conjugation by $G$ acts transitively on these smaller classes, while $N$ fixes every one. This factors through $G/N$, and the orbit-stabilizer theorem makes the number of classes a divisor of $p$.

The full symmetry group of a cube acts transitively and faithfully on its twelve edges. For vertices $(\pm 1,\pm 1,\pm 1)$, its signed permutation matrices act transitively on the edges. The stabilizer subgroup of $\{(1,1,z):-1\le z\le 1\}$ consists of independently swapping $x,y$ and reversing $z$, and is a Klein four-group. The orbit-stabilizer theorem gives order $12\cdot 4=48$. Fixing every edge fixes every vertex, as each vertex is the unique intersection of its three incident edges, so the group action is faithful. The resulting subgroup of $S_{12}$ has index $12!/48$ and is not normal: central inversion has cycle type $2^6$, whose conjugacy class in $S_{12}$ has $12!/(2^{6}6!)=10395>48$ elements.

For subgroups $H,P\le G$, the double coset of $x\in G$ isThe double cosets partition $G$. The action of $H$ on the left cosets of $P$ givesby the orbit-stabilizer theorem.

The least size of a finite set on which the quaternion group acts faithfully is eight. Every nontrivial subgroup of $Q_8$ contains its central involution $-1$. In an action on fewer than eight points, the orbit-stabilizer theorem makes every stabilizer subgroup nontrivial, so $-1$ fixes every point. This rules out a faithful group action, even with several group orbits. The regular action on eight points is faithful by Cayley theorem.