Symmetric groups and conjugacy classes
Group Theory
2007-08-03 v1
Abstract
Let S_n be the symmetric group on n-letters. Fix n>5. Given any nontrivial , we prove that the product of the conjugacy classes and is never a conjugacy class. Furthermore, if n is not even and is not a multiple of three, then is the union of at least three distinct conjugacy classes. We also describe the elements in the case when is the union of exactly two distinct conjugacy classes.
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@article{arxiv.0708.0225,
title = {Symmetric groups and conjugacy classes},
author = {Edith Adan-Bante and Helena Verrill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0225},
year = {2007}
}
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7 pages