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doc(GroupTheory): mention Cayley's theorem by name (#32056)
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Mathlib/GroupTheory/Perm/Subgroup.lean

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`MonoidHom.decidableMemRange` cannot be inferred without the help of a lambda.
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The presence of these instances induces a `Fintype` instance on the `QuotientGroup.Quotient` of
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these subgroups.
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In particular, we prove **Cayley's theorem** in `Equiv.Perm.subgroupOfMulAction`:
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every group `G` is isomorphic to a subgroup of the symmetric group acting on `G`.
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@[expose] public section

docs/overview.yaml

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cyclic group: 'IsCyclic'
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nilpotent group: 'Group.IsNilpotent'
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permutation group of a type: 'Equiv.Perm'
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Cayley's theorem: 'Equiv.Perm.subgroupOfMulAction'
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alternating group: 'alternatingGroup'
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A5 is simple: 'alternatingGroup.isSimpleGroup_five'
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classification of abelian simple groups: CommGroup.is_simple_iff_prime_card

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