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= Solution

<Conjugacy> is an <equivalence relation>: the <identity element> gives reflexivity, <conjugation> by $g^{-1}$ reverses <conjugation> by $g$, and composing conjugations gives transitivity. Its <equivalence classes> therefore partition the finite set $G$. Counting this disjoint <union> gives
$$
\boxed{|G|=\sum_{i=1}^k|C_i|.}
$$
Separating singleton classes from the others gives the <class equation> $|G|=|Z(G)|+\sum_{|C_i|>1}|C_i|$.

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