Divisibility results on the number of conjugacy classes in finite groups (Q1924943)
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Divisibility results on the number of conjugacy classes in finite groups (English)
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20 January 1997
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Let \(G\) be a finite group and let \(p_1,\dots,p_m\) be the primes dividing some integer \(n\). We show that the number of conjugacy classes of elements of order \(n\) is a multiple of \(\prod^m_{i=1}{p_i-1\over\text{gcd}(|G|,p_i-1)}\). We also relate the number of conjugacy classes \(k_G\) of \(G\) to \(k_N\), where \(N\) is a normal subgroup. These results yield corollaries related to the work of Mann and Vera Lopez.
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finite groups
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number of conjugacy classes
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elements of order \(n\)
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normal subgroups
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