Permutation of Set is Automorphism of Set under Left Operation
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Theorem
Let $S$ be a set.
Let $\struct {S, \gets}$ be the algebraic structure formed from $S$ under the left operation.
Let $f$ be a permutation on $S$.
Then $f$ is an automorphism of $f$.
Proof
We have by hypothesis that $f$ is a permutation and so a fortiori a bijection.
It remains to show that $f$ is a homomorphism.
So, let $a, b \in S$ be arbitrary.
We have:
\(\ds \map f {a \gets b}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map f a\) | Definition of Left Operation | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map f a \gets \map f b\) | Definition of Left Operation |
The result follows.
$\blacksquare$
Also see
Sources
- 1965: Seth Warner: Modern Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$: Algebraic Structures: $\S 6$: Isomorphisms of Algebraic Structures: Exercise $6.11 \ \text {(a)}$