Definition:Conjugate of Group Element/Definition 2

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Definition

Let $\struct {G, \circ}$ be a group.


The conjugacy relation $\sim$ is defined on $G$ as:

$\forall \tuple {x, y} \in G \times G: x \sim y \iff \exists a \in G: a \circ x \circ a^{-1} = y$


This can be voiced as:

$x$ is the conjugate of $y$ (by $a$ in $G$)

or:

$x$ is conjugate to $y$ (by $a$ in $G$)


Also defined as

Some sources define the conjugate of $x$ by $a$ in $G$ as:

$x \sim y \iff \exists a \in G: x \circ a = a \circ y$

or:

$x \sim y \iff \exists a \in G: a^{-1} \circ x \circ a = y$


Also known as

Some sources refer to the conjugate of $x$ as the transform of $x$.

Some sources refer to conjugacy as conjugation.


Also see

  • Results about conjugacy can be found here.


Sources

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