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kimberu
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Homework Statement
The question is, "How many conjugates does (1,2,3,4) have in S7?
Another similar one -- how many does (1,2,3) have in S5?
The Attempt at a Solution
I know that the conjugates are all the elements with the same cycle structure, so for (123) I found there are 20 conjugates by hand listing them (132)...(354) etc. But I was wondering if there's some equation to find this amount- I haven't taken probability but I think there's got to be a statistical way to figure it out! Thanks a lot.