Fixpoint abelian_type_rec n G :=
if n is n'.+1 then if abelian G && (G :!=: 1) then
exponent G :: abelian_type_rec n' (tag (abelian_type_subproof G))
else [::] else [::].
Definition abelian_type (A : {set gT}) := abelian_type_rec #|A| <<A>>.

Lemma size_abelian_type G : abelian G -> size (abelian_type G) = 'r(G).