Given a group with elements and
, there must be an element
which is a similarity
transformation of
so
and
are conjugate with respect to
. Conjugate elements have the following properties:
1. Every element is conjugate with itself.
2. If
is conjugate with
with respect to
,
then
is conjugate to
with respect to
.
3. If
is conjugate with
and
,
then
and
are conjugate with each other.