Cyclicity degrees of finite groups. (Q313425)

The authors introduce the cyclicity degree of a finite group \(G\) as the ratio of the number of cyclic subgroups of \(G\) and the number of subgroups of \(G\). They determine the cyclicity degree for the following classes of finite groups: (1) cyclic groups, (2) elementary abelian groups, (3) groups which are direct products of two cyclic groups, (4) Hamiltonian groups, (5) \(p\)-groups containing a maximal subgroup which is cyclic, (6) groups whose Sylow subgroups are all cyclic. Further, the authors provide an asymptotic formula for the sum of cyclicity degrees for groups \(\mathbb Z_n\times\mathbb Z_n\) for \(n\leq x\), and determine when the cyclicity degree is minimal/maximal among abelian \(p\)-groups of rank \(2\).