Subgroups forced by quotients of symmetric groups

For finite groups H1,H2H_1,H_2, write H1    H2H_1\implies H_2 when every finite group having a quotient isomorphic to H1H_1 also has a subgroup isomorphic to H2H_2. The symmetric-group quotient-to-subgroup conjecture. For every positive integer nn, there exists a positive integer NN such that

SN    Sn.S_N\implies S_n.

This conjecture asks whether sufficiently large symmetric quotients force smaller symmetric subgroups in arbitrary finite extensions. The paper notes that no examples were known with a non-abelian group on the subgroup side and presents this as a conjectural counterpoint; it remains open.

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Carl Schildkraut, “Abelian structure in approximate groups and Alon's conjecture on Ramsey Cayley graphs”, arXiv:2512.15125 (2025).

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