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Given two subgroups H,K of a finite group G, the probability that a pair of random elements from H and K commutes is denoted by \pr(H,K). We address the following question. Let P be a p-subgroup of a finite group G and assume that…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Eloisa Detomi , Robert M. Guralnick , Marta Morigi , Pavel Shumyatsky

The degree of commutativity of a group $G$ measures the probability of choosing two elements in $G$ which commute. There are many results studying this for finite groups. In [AMV17], this was generalised to infinite groups. In this note, we…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-28 Charles Garnet Cox

Let $G$ be a finite group, let $\pi$ be a set of primes and let $p$ be the smallest prime in $\pi$. In this work, we prove that $G$ possesses a normal and abelian Hall $\pi$-subgroup if and only if the probability that two random…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Juan Martínez

Let cp(R) be the probability that two random elements of a finite ring R commute and zp(R) the probability that the product of two random elements in R is zero. We show that if cp(R)=e, then there exists a Lie-ideal D in the Lie-ring…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Pavel Shumyatsky , Matteo Vannacci

The probability that the commutator of two group elements is equal to a given element has been introduced in literature few years ago. Several authors have investigated this notion with methods of the representation theory and with…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-19 Ahmad M. A. Alghamdi , Francesco G. Russo

Let $R$ be a finite ring and $r \in R$. The aim of this paper is to study the probability that the commutator of a randomly chosen pair of elements of $R$ equals $r$.

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Parama Dutta , Rajat Kanti Nath

The line of investigation of the present paper goes back to a classical work of W. H. Gustafson of the 1973, in which it is described the probability that two randomly chosen group elements commute. In the same work, he gave some bounds for…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-06-20 Rashid Rezaei , Francesco G. Russo

The subgroup commutativity degree of a group G has been defined in [6] as the probability that two subgroups of G commute, or equivalently that the product of two subgroups is again a subgroup. Problem 4.3 of [6] asks whether there exist…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-30 Marius Tarnauceanu

For a finite group $G$, let $d(G)$ denote the probability that a randomly chosen pair of elements of $G$ commute. We prove that if $d(G)>1/s$ for some integer $s>1$ and $G$ splits over an abelian normal nontrivial subgroup $N$, then $G$ has…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-01 Paul Lescot , Hung Ngoc Nguyen , Yong Yang

In this paper we introduce and study the concept of cyclic subgroup commutativity degree of a finite group $G$. This quantity measures the probability of two random cyclic subgroups of $G$ commuting. Explicit formulas are obtained for some…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-05 Marius Tarnauceanu , Mihai-Silviu Lazorec

For subsets $X,Y$ of a finite group $G$, let $Pr(X,Y)$ denote the probability that two random elements $x\in X$ and $y\in Y$ commute. Obviously, a finite group $G$ is nilpotent if and only if $Pr(P,Q)=1$ whenever $P$ and $Q$ are Sylow…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Eloisa Detomi , Andrea Lucchini , Marta Morigi , Pavel Shumyatsky

We classify the finite quasisimple groups whose commuting graph is perfect and we give a general structure theorem for finite groups whose commuting graph is perfect.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-26 John R. Britnell , Nick Gill

If we pick two elements of a non-abelian group at random, the odds this pair commutes is at most 5/8, so there is a "gap" between abelian and non-abelian groups \cite{G}. We prove a "topological" generalization estimating the odds a word…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-29 John Mangual

We discuss the following question: given a finite BCK-algebra, what is the probability that two randomly selected elements commute? We call this probability the \textit{commuting degree} of a BCK-algebra. In a previous paper, the author…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-04-25 C. Matthew Evans

Let $G$ be a finite group. This expository article explores the subject of commuting probability in the group $G$ and its relation with simultaneous conjugacy classes of commuting tuples in $G$. We also point out the relevance of this topic…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-05 Uday Bhaskar Sharma , Anupam Singh

The problem of finding the number of ordered commuting tuples of elements in a finite group is equivalent to finding the size of the solution set of the system of equations determined by the commutator relations that impose commutativity…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Kanto Irimoto , Enrique Torres-Giese

We consider random walk on a finite group $G$ as follows. We can consider $G$ as a group of substitutions. Randomly (i.e. with probability $U(g)=|G|^{-1}$ ) we choose a substitution $g \in G$ and execute it twice in a row, i.e. execute a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Olexandr Vyshnevetskiy , Alexander Bendikov

Let G be a group, and let M=(m_n) be a sequence of finitely supported probability measures on G. Consider the probability that two elements chosen independently according to m_n commute. Antolin, Martino and Ventura define the 'degree of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Matthew Tointon

Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $\kappa(G)$ be the probability that elements $g$, $h\in G$ are conjugate, when $g$ and $h$ are chosen independently and uniformly at random. The paper classifies those groups $G$ such that $\kappa(G) \geq…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Simon R. Blackburn , John R. Britnell , Mark Wildon

In this paper, we consider the probability that a randomly chosen automorphism of a finite group fixes a randomly chosen element of a subgroup of that group. We obtain several new results as well as generalizations and improvements of some…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-20 Parama Dutta , Rajat Kanti Nath