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How Commutative Are Direct Products of Dihedral Groups?

Authors :
David R. Guichard
Cody Edward Clifton
Patrick W. Keef
Source :
Mathematics Magazine. 84:137-140
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2011.

Abstract

If G is a finite group, then Pr(G) is the probability that two randomly selected elements of G commute. So G is abelian iff Pr(G) = 1. For any positive integer m, we show that there is a group G wh...

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ISSN :
19300980 and 0025570X
Volume :
84
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Mathematics Magazine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........73191bcf0d3011312fdd70a26b5f2efe
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.84.2.137