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of its action on the corresponding set. For example, in this way one proves that for ''n'' >= 5, the alternating group A_n is simple, i.e. does not admit any proper normal subgroups. This fact plays a key role in the impossibility of solving a general algebraic equation of degree {{nowrap.

Matrix groups

The next important class of groups is given by matrix

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