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Conjugacy classes in finite groups

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In the first part of this note, we give new proofs of known results regarding the class number of finite groups, adding a few related results. In the second part, we improve a result of Ito concerning a special class ofp-groups.

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    Avinoam Mann

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Mann, A. Conjugacy classes in finite groups. Israel J. Math. 31, 78–84 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02761381

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