conjugacy class

noun

conjugacy class

noun

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

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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