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Let $H={\mathrm{Stab}}_F(x)$. The identity belongs to $H$ because $F(e,x)=x$. If $g,h\in H$, the group action law givesso $gh\in H$. Finally, if $g\in H$, thenso $g^{-1}\in H$. The subgroup criterion therefore proves that ${\mathrm{Stab}}_F(x)$ is the stabilizer subgroup of $x$.

The special linear group $S{L}_2(\mathbb{R})$ acting by Möbius transformations has exactly three group orbits on the Riemann sphere: the extended real line and the two open half-planes. The identity $\mathrm{Im}((az+b)/(cz+d))=\mathrm{Im}z/|cz+d{|}^2$ preserves these sets. Upper triangular determinant-one matrices send $i$ to any prescribed point of the complex upper half-plane, and similarly send $-i$ through the lower half-plane. The stabilizer subgroups of $i$ and $-i$ are both $SO(2)$.

For $z=x+iy\in {\mathbb{C}}^3$ satisfying $z^{T}z=1$, the real and imaginary parts obey $|x{|}^2-|y{|}^2=1$ and $x\cdot y=0$. Simultaneous real rotations preserve $r=|y|$. At $r=0$ the group orbit is the unit sphere, with stabilizer subgroup $SO(2)$. At each $r>0$, the normalized pair $(x,y)$ is an oriented two-frame, giving a free transitive SO(3) group action. The group orbit space is $[0,\infty )$, and the whole quadric is diffeomorphic to the tangent bundle of $S^2$. Its varying Hermitian norm prevents it from being a single SU(3) group orbit.

For a centered static Skyrmion $U_0$, the effective rotation-isorotation group is $G=SO(3{)}_{\mathrm{space}}\times SO(3{)}_{\mathrm{iso}}$. Its stabilizer subgroup $H$ consists of pairs obeying $A{U}_0(R^{-1}x)A^{†}=U_0(x)$. Thus distinct rigid orientations form the homogeneous space $G/H$, by the orbit-stabilizer theorem. The unit hedgehog has diagonal $SO(3)$ stabilizer and three orientation coordinates; the toroidal two-Skyrmion has a one-dimensional continuous stabilizer and five; the tetrahedral and cubic cases have discrete stabilizers and six. Adding three translations gives zero-mode orbit dimensions 6, 8, 9, 9. These are symmetry-generated low-energy coordinates, not a claim that non-Bogomolny multi-Skyrmion solutions possess an exact flat moduli space of arbitrary separations.

A matrix $\left(\begin{array}{cc}a& b\\ c& d\end{array}\right)$ acts on the projective line by the Möbius transformation $x\mapsto (ax+b)/(cx+d)$, with the pole sent to infinity and infinity sent to $a/c$ when $c\ne 0$. The action is transitive because $\left(\begin{array}{cc}t& -1\\ 1& 0\end{array}\right)$ sends infinity to any finite $t$. The stabilizer subgroup of infinity consists of $\left(\begin{array}{cc}a& b\\ 0& a^{-1}\end{array}\right)$ with $a\ne 0$. The orbit-stabilizer theorem gives $|{\mathrm{SL}}_2({\mathbb{F}}_q)|=q(q^2-1)$. Its kernel is the scalar matrices of determinant one: a transformation fixing infinity has $c=0$, fixing zero then forces $b=0$, and fixing one gives $a=d$. Thus the kernel is $\{I,-I\}$, with these matrices coinciding in characteristic two.

A Yang-Mills theory with gauge group $SO(3)$ and a real three-component scalar field in its defining vector representation. With a symmetry-breaking scalar potential, a nonzero vector vacuum leaves its $SO(2)$ stabilizer subgroup unbroken. The two transverse internal directions produce massive gauge bosons.

For a group action $F:G\times X\to X$ and fixed $x$, the orbit map $f_x(g)=F(g,x)$ hides the stabilizer subgroup $G_x$: $f_x(g)=f_x(h)$ exactly when $h^{-1}g\in G_x$, equivalently when $g$ and $h$ lie in the same left coset of $G_x$.

Every $g\in S{L}_2(\mathbb{R})$ factors into an upper triangular determinant-one matrix and a rotation matrix. This follows because the triangular subgroup acts transitively on the complex upper half-plane, a group orbit of the full group, while $SO(2)$ is the stabilizer subgroup of $i$. The intersection of the two subgroups is $\{\pm I\}$, giving exactly two matrix pairs $(h,k)$ and $(-h,-k)$. Requiring the diagonal of $h$ to be positive gives uniqueness. For $g=\left(\begin{array}{cc}a& b\\ c& d\end{array}\right)$ and $q=\sqrt{c^2+d^2}$, the positive branch is $h=\left(\begin{array}{cc}1/q& (ac+bd)/q\\ 0& q\end{array}\right)$ and $k=q^{-1}\left(\begin{array}{cc}d& -c\\ c& d\end{array}\right)$.

For $n\ge 2$, the special unitary group acts transitively on the complex unit sphere. Extend any unit vector to an orthonormal basis, then adjust the phase of a remaining column to give determinant one. The stabilizer subgroup of the first vector consists of special unitary transformations of its orthogonal complement. Thus the sphere is a homogeneous quotient, not just a set with a norm-preserving action.