Conjugacy classes of the symmetry group of a square

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The displayed conjugacy classes have sizes one, one, two, two and two. The identity and half-turn are central elements. Reflection sends to , pairing the two quarter-turns. Conjugating a reflection by sends to ; conjugating by sends it to . Thus the parity of is invariant under conjugation, separating the axis reflections from the diagonal reflections, and each displayed pair is one conjugacy class.

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