Definition:Conjugate (Group Theory)/Subset/Also defined as
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Definition
Let $\struct {G, \circ}$ be a group.
Let $S \subseteq G, a \in G$.
The $G$-conjugate of $S$ by $a$ is:
- $S^a := \set {y \in G: \exists x \in S: y = a^{-1} \circ x \circ a} = a^{-1} \circ S \circ a$
Also see
Sources
- 1967: John D. Dixon: Problems in Group Theory ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Notation
- 1967: George McCarty: Topology: An Introduction with Application to Topological Groups ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{II}$: Groups: Morphisms
- 1982: P.M. Cohn: Algebra Volume 1 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 3.3$: Group actions and coset decompositions: Exercise $1$
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): conjugate sets