Orbit Decomposition Lemma

Orbits of a group action form a partition of the underlying set
Orbit Decomposition Lemma

Orbit Decomposition Lemma: Let GG be a acting on a XX via a . Then the set of {Gx:xX}\{G\cdot x : x\in X\} is a of XX.

Equivalently, define a \sim on XX by xyx\sim y if there exists gGg\in G with gx=yg\cdot x=y. Then \sim is an , and its are exactly the orbits.