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conjugacy class

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A subset of a group which is an equivalence class in the quotient set of the group divided by conjugation as equivalence relation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: error-lua-exec

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • If a group acts on itself through conjugation, then its orbits are its conjugacy classes and its stabilizer subgroups are its centralizers.

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