• Title of article

    Probability that the commutator of two group elements is equal to a given element

  • Author/Authors

    M.R. Pournaki، نويسنده , , R. Sobhani، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    727
  • To page
    734
  • Abstract
    In this paper we study the probability that the commutator of two randomly chosen elements in a finite group is equal to a given element of that group. Explicit computations are obtained for groups G which G′ is prime and G′≤Z(G) as well as for groups G which G′ is prime and G′∩Z(G)=1. This paper extends results of Rusin [see D.J. Rusin, What is the probability that two elements of a finite group commute? Pacific J. Math. 82 (1) (1979) 237–247].
  • Journal title
    Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
  • Record number

    818891