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Exercise 2.1.10 (Isometry Cube)

Example 2.1.9(iii) shows that the action of the isometry group G of the cube on the set X of long diagonals is not faithful. By Lemma 2.1.8, there must be some non-identity isometry of the cube that fixes all four long diagonals. In fact, there is exactly one. What is it?

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The symmetry s 0 relative to the center O of the cube preserves each of the four long diagonals, and is a non-identity isometry.

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