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Permutation group S3/Subgroups and normal subgroup/Example

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We consider the permutation group G=S3 for a set with three elements, that is, S3 consists of all bijective mappings of the set {1,2,3} to itself. The trivial group {id} and the whole group are normal subgroups. The subset H={id,φ}, where φ is the element that swops 1 and 2 and fixes 3, is a subgroup. However, it is not a normal subgroup. To show this, let ψ denote the bijection that fixes 1 and swops 2 and 3. The inverse of ψ is ψ itself. The conjugation ψφψ1=ψφψ is the mapping that sends 1 to 3, 2 to 2, and 3 to 1. This bijection does not belong to H.