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Define the centralizer of an element g of G to be the set C(g) = {x...

Define the centralizer of an element g of G to be the set C(g) = {x ∈ G : xg = gx}. Show that C(g) is a subgroup of G. If g generates a normal subgroup of G, prove that C(g) is normal in G.

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