Vdovin's depth conjecture for solvable subgroups

Let GG be a finite group with trivial solvable radical, and let dG(H)d_G(H) denote the depth of a subgroup HGH\leqslant G. A subgroup is solvable if it is a solvable group. Vdovin's conjecture. For every solvable subgroup HH of GG, one has

dG(H)9.d_G(H)\leqslant 9.

This is a depth analogue of Vdovin's base-size conjecture for solvable subgroups. The bound is stated to be best possible, and the conclusion is known when HH is a solvable maximal subgroup, but the general assertion is disproved: the supplied text says that a Magma computation shows it is false.

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Timothy C. Burness, “On the depth of subgroups of simple groups”, arXiv:2503.23845 (2026).

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