On the dimension of a Lie group action.

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Assume $G$ is a Lie group of dimension $n$ and $M\subset\mathbb{R}^m$. Consider the group action $G\times\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb{R}^m$. Consider now the $p$-fold product $M^p\subset\mathbb{R}^{mp}$ and the map $\mu:G\times\mathbb{R}^{mp}\to\mathbb{R}^{mp}$ defined as the diagonal action: $\mu(g,x_1,\dots,x_p)=(gx_1,\dots,gx_p)$.

What can we say about the dimension of $\mu(G\times M)$? Can we bound it?

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