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 max_card_abelian G :
abelian G -> #|G| <= exponent G ^ 'r(G) ?= iff homocyclic G.