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Put $n=|\Omega |\ge 2$, and let $H=G_{\alpha }$. Sharp two-transitivity gives $|G|=n(n-1)$ and $|H|=n-1$. A nonidentity element fixes at most one point. Counting the nonidentity elements in the $n$ stabilizer subgroups shows that there are $n-1$ fixed-point-free elements. Let $N$ be this set together with the identity. We first prove it is a normal subgroup, rather than presuming that fixed-point-free elements are closed under multiplication.

For $n=2$, $G=C_2$ and $N=G$ directly. Otherwise use complex characters of a finite group. Let $\pi$ be the permutation character and $\psi =\pi -1$, the character of the permutation representation with its constant line removed. For every nontrivial irreducible character $\theta$ of $H$, form the virtual characterIts values are $\theta (1)$ at the identity and at every fixed-point-free element. At an element with one fixed point, conjugate it to $h\in H\setminus \{1\}$; induction gives ${\phi }_{\theta }(g)=\theta (h)$, because there is exactly one fixed coset.

The identity and the $n-1$ fixed-point-free elements together contribute $n\theta (1)\overline{\eta (1)}$ to the inner product. The remaining elements are partitioned into the nonidentity parts of the $n$ stabilizer subgroups. Hence character orthogonality givesA virtual character of norm one is plus or minus an irreducible character: its coefficients in the irreducible-character basis are integers whose squares sum to one. Its positive degree $\theta (1)$ selects the plus sign. Thus each ${\phi }_{\theta }$ is an actual irreducible character.

For a group representation, $\chi (g)=\chi (1)$ holds exactly on its kernel: make the representation unitary and compare the sum of its unit-modulus eigenvalues with its dimension. All of $N$ therefore lies in the intersection of the kernels of the ${\phi }_{\theta }$. Conversely, a nonidentity element fixing a point gives $h\ne 1$ in $H$. Some nontrivial irreducible character of $H$ has $\theta (h)\ne \theta (1)$, since otherwise the regular representation of $H$ would not vanish at $h$. ConsequentlyThis proves normality and subgroup closure. It has order $n$ and no nonidentity element fixing a point, so it is a regular permutation subgroup.

Now $H$ acts transitively by conjugation on $N\setminus \{1\}$: identify an element of $N$ with its image of $\alpha$ and use transitivity of $H$ on the remaining points. Thus all nonidentity elements of $N$ have the same order. Taking a suitable power of one element shows this common order is a prime $p$. By Cauchy's theorem no other prime divides $|N|$, so $N$ is a $p$-group. Its nontrivial center is $H$-invariant, so transitivity forces the center to be all of $N$. Therefore $N$ is elementary abelian of order $p^d=n$.

Since $|H|=p^d-1$ is prime to $p$, $N$ is the unique Sylow $p$-subgroup of $G$. Uniqueness makes it characteristic under every group automorphism. We have provedThe character argument supplies the regular kernel of a finite sharply two-transitive group; the final Sylow argument establishes the stronger characteristic assertion.

As printed, the equivalence needs a transitivity hypothesis. A group acting trivially on two points has $\mathbb{C}\Omega ={\mathbb{C}}_G\oplus {\mathbb{C}}_G$, so $V$ is one-dimensional and irreducible, although the action is not even transitive.

Here is the intended result for a transitive action. The set is then finite, and, for a point stabilizer $H$, its permutation character is $\chi ={\mathrm{Ind}}_H^{G}1$. Frobenius reciprocity givesThe last equality follows because an $H$-fixed vector has constant coefficients on each orbit. There is exactly one trivial constituent, since the action is transitive. Therefore, writing $\chi =1+\psi$ for the character of $V$,By character orthogonality, $V$ is irreducible exactly when this equals $1$. One stabilizer orbit is $\{\omega \}$, so this happens exactly when $H$ is transitive on $\Omega \setminus \{\omega \}$, equivalently when $G$ is two-transitive. Moreover $V$ is not trivial, since a transitive action has only one independent fixed vector in the whole permutation module.

The complete correction without assuming transitivity is also precise: $V$ is irreducible exactly for a two-transitive action or the exceptional action on two fixed points. Indeed for a finite set with $r$ orbits, the fixed subspace of $V$ has dimension $r-1$. If $r>1$ and $V$ is irreducible, $V$ must itself be a one-dimensional trivial module, forcing $|\Omega |=2$ and $r=2$. If $\Omega$ is infinite, $V$ is infinite-dimensional and cannot be irreducible: any nonzero vector generates a submodule of dimension at most $|G|$.