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Conjugacy and the Class Equation · Superchallenge problem

How many conjugacy classes does GL(2,Z5)GL(2,\mathbb{Z}_5) (the general linear group of 2×22\times2 invertible matrices over Z5\mathbb{Z}_5) have? GL(2,5)GL(2,5) has order (52−1)(52−5)=24×20=480(5^2-1)(5^2-5) = 24 \times 20 = 480.