Generalized Knight conjecture for first-order sentences in random groups

Let d<1/16d<1/16, and let Γ\Gamma_\ell be a random group of density dd at length \ell. A first-order sentence is almost surely true in this model if the probability that it holds in Γ\Gamma_\ell tends to 11 as \ell\to\infty. Generalized Knight conjecture. Suppose σ\sigma is a first-order sentence in the language of groups. Then σ\sigma is almost surely true in the random group of density dd if and only if it is true in a nonabelian free group. The paper proves the corresponding assertion for universal sentences, while this extension to all first-order sentences is left as a conjecture.

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O. Kharlampovich and R. Sklinos, “First-order sentences in random groups I: universal sentences”, arXiv:2106.05461 (2024).

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