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\beginsolution Apply the class equation: [ |G| = |Z(G)| + \sum_i [G : C_G(g_i)], ] where the sum runs over non-central conjugacy classes. Each $[G : C_G(g_i)] > 1$ is a power of $p$ (since $C_G(g_i)$ is a subgroup). Thus $p$ divides each term in the sum. Also $p \mid |G|$. Hence $p \mid |Z(G)|$. Therefore $|Z(G)| \geq p$, so $Z(G)$ is nontrivial. \endsolution
A group (G) acts transitively on (X) with (|X| > 1). Prove there exists an element (g \in G) with no fixed points (i.e., (\Fix(g) = \emptyset)). Thus $p$ divides each term in the sum
Let (G) act on a set (X) and let (x,y \in X) be in the same orbit. Prove that (\Stab_G(x)) and (\Stab_G(y)) are conjugate subgroups.
Alternatively, consider the action of $G$ on the set of all subsets of size $n$? A standard proof uses the regular representation and the sign homomorphism. Let $G$ act on itself by left multiplication; this yields an embedding $\pi: G \hookrightarrow S_2n$. Since $n$ is odd, $2n$ is even. Compose with the sign map $\sgn: S_2n \to \pm1$. The kernel of $\sgn \circ \pi$ is a subgroup of index at most $2$. If the image is $\pm1$, the kernel has index $2$ and hence order $n$. If the image is trivial, then every element acts as an even permutation. But in $S_2n$, a transposition is odd; careful analysis (see D&F) shows this forces a contradiction for $n$ odd. Thus the kernel is the desired subgroup of order $n$. \endsolution