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Inversion of conjugacy classes (K⟼K−1)

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For a group G, inversion sends the conjugacy class of g to that of g−1, because (xgx−1)−1=xg−1x−1. It therefore defines an involution on the collection of conjugacy classes, even in a noncommutative group where inversion is not a group homomorphism.

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