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Conjugacy classes of the alternating group on six letters (∣A6​∣=360)

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The alternating conjugacy class splitting criterion gives seven conjugacy classes in A6​. Their cycle types and sizes are 16:1, 2212:45, 313:40, 32:40, 42:90, and two 51 classes of size 72. Representatives of the split classes are a 5-cycle and its square. Their sizes sum to 360. A normal subgroup must be a union of these classes containing the identity, so these explicit sizes can prove simplicity using Lagrange's theorem.

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