FC-group

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This property makes sense for infinite groups. For finite groups, it is always true

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Definition

Symbol-free definition

A group is said to be a FC-group if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:

Every conjugacy class in it is finite
The centralizer of any element is a subgroup of finite index

Definition with symbols

A group $G$ is said to be an FC-group if for any element $x$ in $G$ , the following equivalent conditions are satisfied:

There are only finitely many elements in its conjugacy class, that is, every element has only finitely many conjugates.
The centralizer $C_{G} (x)$ has finite index in $G$ , viz $[G : C_{G} (x)]$ is finite.

Relation with other properties

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Metaproperties

Subgroups

This group property is subgroup-closed, viz., any subgroup of a group satisfying the property also satisfies the property
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Any subgroup of a FC-group is a FC-group. This follows from the fact that if $H \leq G$ are groups, and $C$ is a conjugacy class in $H$ , then all elements of $C$ are conjugate in $G$ , and hence $C$ is contained inside a conjugacy class in $G$ .

Direct products

This group property is direct product-closed, viz., the direct product of an arbitrary (possibly infinite) family of groups each having the property, also has the property
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A direct product of FC-groups is an FC-group. This follows from the fact that the equivalence relation of being conjugate is closed under direct products.

Study of this notion

Mathematical subject classification

Under the Mathematical subject classification, the study of this notion comes under the class: 20F24

The subject classification 20F24 is used for FC-groups, and their generalizations.

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