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Probability that a given element of a group is a commutator of any two randomly chosen group elements

Rajat Kanti Nath, Manoj K. Yadav

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We study the probability of a given element, in the commutator subgroup of a group, to be equal to a commutator of two randomly chosen group elements, and compute explicit formulas for calculating this probability for some interesting classes of groups having only two different conjugacy class sizes. We re-prove the fact that if $G$ is a finite group such that the set of its conjugacy class sizes is $\{1, p\}$, where $p$ is a prime integer, then $G$ is isoclinic (in the sense of P. Hall) to an extraspecial $p$-group.

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We study the probability of a given element, in the commutator subgroup of a group, to be equal to a commutator of two randomly chosen group elements, and compute explicit formulas for calculating this probability for some interesting classes of groups having only two different conjugacy class sizes. We re-prove the fact that if $G$ is a finite group such that the set of its conjugacy class sizes is $\{1, p\}$, where $p$ is a prime integer, then $G$ is isoclinic (in the sense of P. Hall) to an extraspecial $p$-group.

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We study the probability of a given element, in the commutator subgroup of a group, to be equal to a commutator of two randomly chosen group elements, and compute explicit formulas for calculating this probability for some interesting classes of groups having only two different conjugacy class sizes. We re-prove the fact that if $G$ is a finite group such that the set of its conjugacy class sizes is $\{1, p\}$, where $p$ is a prime integer, then $G$ is isoclinic (in the sense of P. Hall) to an extraspecial $p$-group.

Key concepts: Group (periodic table), Element (criminal law), Commutator, Mathematics, Main group element, Algebra over a field, Pure mathematics, Physics

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