Farrokhi–Safa conjecture on relative commutativity degrees and central quotients

Let GG be a finite group and HH a subgroup of GG. Write

D(G)={d0,d1,,dn},1=d0>d1>>dn=d(G),\mathcal{D}(G)=\{d_0,d_1,\ldots,d_n\},\qquad 1=d_0>d_1>\cdots>d_n=d(G),

and let d(H,G)d(H,G) denote the relative commutativity degree of HH in GG. Define Z(H,G)Z(H,G) as the subgroup of elements of HH that commute with every element of GG.

Farrokhi–Safa's conjecture. If d(H,G)=dkd(H,G)=d_k, then H/Z(H,G)|H/Z(H,G)| is a product of at most kk primes. Consequently, G/Z(G)|G/Z(G)| is a product of at most D(G)1|\mathcal{D}(G)|-1 primes.

This conjecture extends known classifications of finite groups whose sets of commutativity degrees have at most four elements. The cited results establish the analogous bound for certain initial relative commutativity degrees, but the general assertion is presented as a conjecture.

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Mohammad Farrokhi Derakhshandeh Ghouchan, “Finite groups with five relative commutativity degrees”, arXiv:1912.04550 (2019).

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