Limit points of commuting probabilities of finite groups

DOI10.1112/BLMS.12799zbMATH Open1527.20093arXiv2201.09402MaRDI QIDQ6096793FDOQ6096793

Authors: Thomas Browning 

Publication date: 15 September 2023

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The commuting probability of a finite group $G$ is the probability that two randomly chosen elements commute. Let $Ssubseteq(0,1]$ denote the set of all possible commuting probabilities of finite groups. We prove that $Scup0$ is closed, which was conjectured by Keith Joseph in 1977.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.09402

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zbMATH Keywords

commuting probabilitycommutativity degreeprobability of commuting pairsJoseph's conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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