On the probability of satisfying a word in a group

DOI10.1515/JGT.2006.044zbMATH Open1130.20052arXivmath/0504312OpenAlexW2963071007MaRDI QIDQ3413641FDOQ3413641

Authors: Miklós Abért 

Publication date: 13 December 2006

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that for any finite group $G$ and for any $d$ there exists a word $win{F}_d$ such that a $d$-tuple in $G$ satisfies $w$ if and only if it generates a solvable subgroup. In particular, if $G$ itself is not solvable, then it cannot be obtained as a quotient of the one relator group $F_d/<w>$. As a corollary, the probability that a word is satisfied in a fixed non-solvable group can be made arbitrarily small, answering a question of Alon Amit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504312

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zbMATH Keywords

finite groupssolvable subgroupsone relator groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite solvable groups, theory of formations, Schunck classes, Fitting classes, (pi)-length, ranks (20D10) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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