Cayley’s theorem
Let be a group, then is isomorphic to a subgroup
of the permutation group
If is finite and of order , then is isomorphic to a subgroup of the permutation group
Furthermore, suppose is a proper subgroup of . Let be the set of right cosets
in . The map given by is a homomorphism
. The kernel is the largest normal subgroup
of . We note that . Consequently if doesn’t divide then is not an isomorphism so contains a non-trivial normal subgroup, namely the kernel of .