conjugacy class
Two elements and of a group are said to be conjugate if there exists such that . Conjugacy of elements is an equivalence relation, and the equivalence classes
of are called conjugacy classes
.
Two subsets and of are said to be conjugate if there exists such that
In this situation, it is common to write for to denote the fact that everything in has the form for some . We say that two subgroups of are conjugate if they are conjugate as subsets.