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A good definition should be precise, economical, and capture a simple intuitive idea. If in addition it is easy to work with, so much the better. We begin this chapter with a definition having all these qualities.
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Armstrong, M.A. (1988). Actions, Orbits, and Stabilizers. In: Groups and Symmetry. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4034-9_17
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