The uniform insolubility conjecture for finite non-abelian simple groups

Let NN be a finite non-abelian characteristically simple group, let a,bAut(N)a,b\in\operatorname{Aut}(N), and identify NN with Inn(N)\operatorname{Inn}(N). Define Pins(N,a,b)\operatorname{P_{ins}}(N,a,b) as the probability that a uniformly chosen nNn\in N satisfies that a,bn\langle a,bn\rangle is insoluble. Say that NN is η\eta-insoluble, for a positive real number η\eta, if

Pins(N,a,b)>η\operatorname{P_{ins}}(N,a,b)>\eta

for every (a,b)Aut(N)(a,b)\in\operatorname{Aut}(N) with a1a\ne 1. Uniform insolubility conjecture. There exists a positive real number η\eta such that every finite non-abelian simple group is η\eta-insoluble. The paper's main theorem proves the solubilizer characterization for profinite groups whose non-abelian composition factors are uniformly η\eta-insoluble. This conjecture would remove that hypothesis and supply the uniform finite-simple-group input needed for the general case.

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Andrea Lucchini, “Solubilizers in profinite groups”, arXiv:2310.02034 (2024).

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