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Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen
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Group cannot be the union of conjugates

I have seen that if $G$ is a finite group and $H$ is a proper subgroup of $G$ with finite index then $ G \neq \bigcup\limits_{g \in G} gHg^{-1}$. Does this remain true for the infinite case also?

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