The alternating-group derangement bound conjecture
The alternating-group derangement bound conjecture
Let be a finite simple transitive permutation group with point stabiliser , and let denote the proportion of derangements in the action.
Alternating-group derangement bound conjecture. The following hold:
with equality if and only if and ; and, if ,
with equality if and only if .
The second assertion gives the proposed non-asymptotic formula for the natural action and would make the optimal lower-bound constant for alternating groups. The source presents these statements as a conjecture based on computations.
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Primary source
Timothy C. Burness and Marco Fusari, “On derangements in simple permutation groups”, arXiv:2409.01043 (2025).
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