Centralizer of an element in the alternating group #
Given a finite type α
, our goal is to compute the cardinality of conjugacy classes
in alternatingGroup α
.
AlternatingGroup.card_of_cycleType_mul_eq m
andAlternatingGroup.card_of_cycleType m
compute the number of even permutations of given cycle type.Equiv.Perm.odd_of_centralizer_le_alternatingGroup
: ifSubgroup.centralizer {g} ≤ alternatingGroup α
, then all members of theg.cycleType
are odd.Equiv.Perm.card_le_of_centralizer_le_alternating
: ifSubgroup.centralizer {g} ≤ alternatingGroup α
, then the cardinality of α is at mostg.cycleType.sum
plus one.Equiv.Perm.count_le_one_of_centralizer_le_alternating
: ifSubgroup.centralizer {g} ≤ alternatingGroup α
, theng.cycleType
has no repetitions.Equiv.Perm.centralizer_le_alternating_iff
: the previous three conditions are necessary and sufficient for havingSubgroup.centralizer {g} ≤ alternatingGroup α
.
TODO :
Deduce the formula for the cardinality of the centralizers
and conjugacy classes in alternatingGroup α
.
The cardinality of even permutations of given cycleType
The cardinality of even permutations of given cycleType
The number of cycles of given length
The centralizer of a permutation is contained in the alternating group if and only if its cycles have odd length, with at most one of each, and there is at most one fixed point.