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The set of commuting probabilities of finite groups is reverse-well-ordered, and the reverse of its order type is known to be either
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Hofmann, Karl H.; Russo, Francesco G. (2012). "The probability that x and y commute in a compact group".
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The probability that two uniform random elements of a finite group commute with each other
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Gustafson, W. H. (1973). "What is the Probability that Two Group Elements Commute?".
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Eberhard, Sean (2015). "Commuting probabilities of finite groups".
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is the probability that two randomly chosen elements of
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The commuting probability can be defined for infinite
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a finite group is. It can be generalized to infinite
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It can be used to measure how close to 582:{\displaystyle p(G)={\frac {k(G)}{\#G}}} 1144:Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics 1107: 63:, and can also be generalized to other 1061:{\displaystyle \omega ^{\omega ^{2}}} 7: 1215: 1213: 1159: 1157: 993:{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {A}}_{5}} 979: 784:There is no uniform lower bound on 570: 279: 199: 183: 47:that two randomly chosen elements 14: 1222:The American Mathematical Monthly 1117:The American Mathematical Monthly 1027:{\displaystyle \omega ^{\omega }} 969:(this upper bound is attained by 1234:10.1080/00029890.1976.11994032 1129:10.1080/00029890.1973.11993437 942: 936: 872: 866: 813:. In fact, for every positive 800: 794: 750: 744: 687: 681: 609: 603: 565: 559: 547: 541: 503: 497: 418: 412: 369: 363: 220: 208: 171: 165: 119: 113: 1: 962:{\displaystyle p(G)\leq 1/12} 777:, the smallest one being the 1247:Baez, John C. (2018-09-16). 836:there exists a finite group 707:{\displaystyle p(G)\leq 5/8} 1334: 1196:10.1017/S0305004112000308 779:dihedral group of order 8 59:equipped with a suitable 892:{\displaystyle p(G)=1/n} 770:{\displaystyle p(G)=5/8} 33:degree of commutativity 1062: 1028: 994: 963: 916: 893: 850: 830: 807: 771: 728: 708: 665: 640: 616: 583: 516: 515:{\displaystyle p(G)=1} 478: 449: 425: 396: 376: 347: 313: 289: 263: 146: 126: 93: 23:and more precisely in 1063: 1029: 995: 964: 917: 894: 851: 831: 808: 772: 729: 709: 666: 641: 617: 584: 517: 479: 450: 433:commuting probability 426: 402:commute. That is why 397: 377: 348: 346:{\displaystyle G^{2}} 322:If one considers the 314: 290: 264: 147: 127: 94: 29:commuting probability 1080:algebraic structures 1038: 1011: 973: 930: 906: 860: 840: 820: 806:{\displaystyle p(G)} 788: 738: 718: 675: 671:is not abelian then 655: 630: 615:{\displaystyle k(G)} 597: 535: 491: 468: 439: 424:{\displaystyle p(G)} 406: 386: 375:{\displaystyle p(G)} 357: 330: 324:uniform distribution 303: 276: 159: 136: 125:{\displaystyle p(G)} 107: 83: 65:algebraic structures 37:commutativity degree 1290:10.1112/blms/bdv050 1188:2012MPCPS.153..557H 922:is not abelian but 288:{\displaystyle \#X} 61:probability measure 1058: 1024: 990: 959: 912: 889: 846: 826: 803: 767: 724: 704: 661: 636: 612: 579: 512: 474: 445: 421: 392: 372: 343: 309: 285: 259: 142: 122: 89: 1249:"The 5/8 Theorem" 1002:alternating group 915:{\displaystyle G} 849:{\displaystyle G} 829:{\displaystyle n} 727:{\displaystyle G} 664:{\displaystyle G} 639:{\displaystyle G} 624:conjugacy classes 622:is the number of 577: 477:{\displaystyle G} 464:The finite group 448:{\displaystyle G} 395:{\displaystyle G} 312:{\displaystyle X} 197: 145:{\displaystyle G} 92:{\displaystyle G} 1325: 1302: 1301: 1283: 1263: 1257: 1256: 1244: 1238: 1237: 1217: 1208: 1207: 1181: 1161: 1152: 1151: 1139: 1133: 1132: 1123:(9): 1031–1034. 1112: 1067: 1065: 1064: 1059: 1057: 1056: 1055: 1054: 1033: 1031: 1030: 1025: 1023: 1022: 999: 997: 996: 991: 989: 988: 983: 982: 968: 966: 965: 960: 955: 921: 919: 918: 913: 898: 896: 895: 890: 885: 855: 853: 852: 847: 835: 833: 832: 827: 812: 810: 809: 804: 776: 774: 773: 768: 763: 733: 731: 730: 725: 713: 711: 710: 705: 700: 670: 668: 667: 662: 645: 643: 642: 637: 621: 619: 618: 613: 588: 586: 585: 580: 578: 576: 568: 554: 521: 519: 518: 513: 483: 481: 480: 475: 454: 452: 451: 446: 430: 428: 427: 422: 401: 399: 398: 393: 381: 379: 378: 373: 352: 350: 349: 344: 342: 341: 318: 316: 315: 310: 299:of a finite set 294: 292: 291: 286: 268: 266: 265: 260: 258: 254: 235: 234: 198: 196: 195: 194: 178: 151: 149: 148: 143: 131: 129: 128: 123: 98: 96: 95: 90: 1333: 1332: 1328: 1327: 1326: 1324: 1323: 1322: 1308: 1307: 1306: 1305: 1265: 1264: 1260: 1246: 1245: 1241: 1219: 1218: 1211: 1163: 1162: 1155: 1141: 1140: 1136: 1114: 1113: 1109: 1104: 1075: 1073:Generalizations 1046: 1041: 1036: 1035: 1014: 1009: 1008: 976: 971: 970: 928: 927: 904: 903: 858: 857: 838: 837: 818: 817: 786: 785: 736: 735: 716: 715: 673: 672: 653: 652: 628: 627: 595: 594: 569: 555: 533: 532: 489: 488: 466: 465: 461: 437: 436: 404: 403: 384: 383: 355: 354: 333: 328: 327: 301: 300: 274: 273: 226: 207: 203: 186: 182: 157: 156: 152:which commute: 134: 133: 105: 104: 81: 80: 77: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1331: 1329: 1321: 1320: 1310: 1309: 1304: 1303: 1274:(5): 796–808. 1258: 1239: 1209: 1172:(3): 557–571. 1153: 1134: 1106: 1105: 1103: 1100: 1099: 1098: 1091:compact groups 1087: 1074: 1071: 1070: 1069: 1053: 1049: 1044: 1021: 1017: 1005: 987: 981: 958: 954: 950: 947: 944: 941: 938: 935: 911: 900: 888: 884: 880: 877: 874: 871: 868: 865: 845: 825: 802: 799: 796: 793: 782: 766: 762: 758: 755: 752: 749: 746: 743: 723: 703: 699: 695: 692: 689: 686: 683: 680: 660: 648: 647: 635: 611: 608: 605: 602: 591: 590: 589: 575: 572: 567: 564: 561: 558: 552: 549: 546: 543: 540: 527: 526: 523: 511: 508: 505: 502: 499: 496: 486:if and only if 473: 460: 457: 444: 431:is called the 420: 417: 414: 411: 391: 371: 368: 365: 362: 340: 336: 308: 284: 281: 270: 269: 257: 253: 250: 247: 244: 241: 238: 233: 229: 225: 222: 219: 216: 213: 210: 206: 201: 193: 189: 185: 181: 176: 173: 170: 167: 164: 141: 121: 118: 115: 112: 88: 76: 73: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1330: 1319: 1318:Finite groups 1316: 1315: 1313: 1299: 1295: 1291: 1287: 1282: 1277: 1273: 1269: 1262: 1259: 1254: 1250: 1243: 1240: 1235: 1231: 1227: 1223: 1216: 1214: 1210: 1205: 1201: 1197: 1193: 1189: 1185: 1180: 1175: 1171: 1167: 1160: 1158: 1154: 1150:(2): 161–180. 1149: 1145: 1138: 1135: 1130: 1126: 1122: 1118: 1111: 1108: 1101: 1096: 1092: 1088: 1085: 1081: 1077: 1076: 1072: 1051: 1047: 1042: 1019: 1015: 1006: 1004:of degree 5). 1003: 985: 956: 952: 948: 945: 939: 933: 925: 909: 901: 886: 882: 878: 875: 869: 863: 843: 823: 816: 797: 791: 783: 780: 764: 760: 756: 753: 747: 741: 721: 701: 697: 693: 690: 684: 678: 658: 650: 649: 633: 625: 606: 600: 592: 573: 562: 556: 550: 544: 538: 531: 530: 529: 528: 524: 509: 506: 500: 494: 487: 471: 463: 462: 458: 456: 442: 434: 415: 409: 389: 366: 360: 338: 334: 325: 320: 306: 298: 282: 255: 251: 248: 245: 242: 239: 236: 231: 227: 223: 217: 214: 211: 204: 191: 187: 179: 174: 168: 162: 155: 154: 153: 139: 116: 110: 102: 86: 74: 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 31:(also called 30: 26: 22: 1271: 1267: 1261: 1252: 1242: 1225: 1221: 1169: 1165: 1147: 1143: 1137: 1120: 1116: 1110: 1095:Haar measure 1084:finite rings 432: 321: 295:denotes the 271: 103:. 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mathematics
group theory
finite group
probability
commute
abelian
groups
probability measure
algebraic structures
rings
finite group
cardinality
uniform distribution
if and only if
conjugacy classes
dihedral group of order 8
integer
simple
alternating group
algebraic structures
finite rings
compact groups
Haar measure
doi
10.1080/00029890.1973.11993437


arXiv
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