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I am currently practicing group theory and came across the following task:

If $G$ is a transitive permutation group then $\mathrm{fix}(G_\alpha)$ is a block

Unfortunately, the solution shown here is unclear to me, is there an alternative solution? I know for example that all stabilizers have to be conjugated and that $G=G_{\alpha}N$ for $N$ nontrivial normal subgroup holds. Any help is greatly appreciated!

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  • $\begingroup$ What is the definition of block that you want to use? There are several (equivalent). $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 4, 2022 at 10:17
  • $\begingroup$ @DavidA.Craven I want to use the following definition: A non-empty set $A$ is called block if for every $g\in G$ $A^g=A$ or $A^g\cap A = \emptyset$ holds. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 4, 2022 at 16:37
  • $\begingroup$ So, suppose that $\alpha$ is in $X$, let $H$ denote its point stabilizer and let $A$ be the fixed points of $H$. If $g\in G$, prove that the fixed points of $H^g$ are exactly $Ag$. This would be a good start. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 4, 2022 at 16:48

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First we have know that $N_{G}(G_{\alpha})$ acts transitively in $\operatorname{fix}(G_{\alpha})$ as you can check. Define $\Delta=\operatorname{fix(G_{\alpha})}$, now if
$$\exists x\in G, \Delta^{x}\cap\Delta\neq\emptyset,$$ there must exist $\beta\in\Delta$ such that $\beta^{x}\in\Delta$. By the transitivity of $N_{G}(G_{\alpha})$, there are $n_{1},n_{2}\in N_{G}(G_{\alpha})$, such that \begin{align*} \beta&=\alpha^{n_{1}}\\ \alpha^{n_{1}x}=&\beta^{x}=\alpha^{n_{2}}. \end{align*} And we can deduce \begin{align*} &n_{2}x n_{1}\in G_{\alpha}\\ \Rightarrow &n_{2}x n_{1}\in N_{G}(G_{\alpha})\\ \Rightarrow &x\in N_{G}(G_{\alpha}) \end{align*} Now $\forall \delta\in\Delta$, we have $$ (\delta^{x})^{G_{\alpha}}=\delta^{xG_{\alpha}} =\delta^{G_{\alpha}x}=\delta^{x}, $$ so $\Delta^{x}\in\Delta,\Delta^{x}\subseteq\Delta$, hence $\Delta^{x}=\Delta$. Now for any $x\in G$, either $\Delta^{x}=\Delta$ or $\Delta^{x}\cap\Delta=\emptyset$, means $\Delta=\operatorname{fix}(G_{\alpha})$ is a block. (When |fix| is finite.)

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