I have consistently confused the concepts of center and centralizer. The center, Z(G), is the collection of all z in G with zg=gz for all g in G. The centralizer, C(h), of h, fixed in G, is the collection of g in G such that gh=hg.
I have consistently confused the concepts of center and centralizer. The center, Z(G), is the collection of all z in G with zg=gz for all g in G. The centralizer, C(h), of h, fixed in G, is the collection of g in G such that gh=hg.