  A totally symmetric set is a finite subset of a group for which any
permutation of the elements can be realized by conjugation in the ambient
group. Such sets are rigid under homomorphisms, and so exert a great deal of
control over the algebraic structure. In this paper we introduce a more general
perspective on total symmetry, and formulate a notion of "irreducibility" for
totally symmetric sets in the general linear group. We classify irreducible
totally symmetric sets, as well as those of maximal cardinality.
