Joseph's conjectures on limit points of commuting probabilities

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Let S={P(G):G is a finite group}⊆(0,1]S=\{P(G):G\text{ is a finite group}\}\subseteq(0,1], where P(G)P(G) is the commuting probability of GG. Consider a sequence (xi)i=1∞(x_i)_{i=1}^\infty of elements of SS converging to ℓ>0\ell>0.

Joseph's conjectures. One should have ℓ∈Q\ell\in\mathbb{Q}, xi≥ℓx_i\geq\ell for all but finitely many ii, and ℓ∈S\ell\in S. Equivalently, the second conjecture says that SS is well-ordered with respect to the opposite ordering, and the third says that S∪{0}S\cup\{0\} is closed.

The conjectures describe the limiting behavior of commuting probabilities of finite groups. The third conjecture, that S∪{0}S\cup\{0\} is closed, is proved in this paper; consequently, the combined conjectural package is not entirely open.

References

Primary source

Thomas Browning, “Limit Points of Commuting Probabilities of Finite Groups”, arXiv:2201.09402 (2023).

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