A of a group GG on a set XX is regular if it is both and .

Examples
  • The left translation action of GG on itself is regular.
  • The action of GG on G/HG/H is regular iff HH is trivial.
  • Any group acting on itself by left multiplication provides a regular action, hence a faithful permutation representation.
Equivalent characterizations

Equivalently, for every pair x,yXx,y\in X there exists a unique gGg\in G such that gx=yg\cdot x = y.

Remarks

Regular actions identify the set XX with the underlying set of GG (non-canonically, after choosing a basepoint), and are a standard way to model GG as permutations of a set.