Counting Conjugacy Classes

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How many conjugacy classes does the group Z / 5 Z \mathbb{Z}/5\mathbb{Z} have?


The answer is 5.

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Samir Khan
Jul 14, 2016

Recall that the group Z / 5 Z \mathbb{Z}/5\mathbb{Z} is abelian. Then, a = g b g 1 a = g g 1 b = g a=gbg^{-1}\implies a=gg^{-1}b=g , so every element is in its own conjugacy class. Thus, the answer is Z / 5 Z = 5 |\mathbb{Z}/5\mathbb{Z}|=5 .

Typo : a=b, not a=g

Thomas Lesgourgues - 3 years, 2 months ago

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