Universal commutator relations, Bogomolov multipliers, and commuting probability
Abstract
Let $G$ be a finite $p$-group. We prove that whenever the commuting probability of $G$ is greater than $(2p^2 + p - 2)/p^5$, the unramified Brauer group of the field of $G$-invariant functions is trivial. Equivalently, all relations between commutators in $G$ are consequences of some universal ones. The bound is best possible, and gives a global lower bound of $1/4$ for all finite groups. The result is attained by describing the structure of groups whose Bogomolov multipliers are nontrivial, and Bogomolov multipliers of all of their proper subgroups and quotients are trivial. Applications include a classification of $p$-groups of minimal order that have nontrivial Bogomolov multipliers and are of nilpotency class $2$, a nonprobabilistic criterion for the vanishing of the Bogomolov multiplier, and establishing a sequence of Bogomolov's absolute $\gamma$-minimal factors which are $2$-groups of arbitrarily large nilpotency class, thus providing counterexamples to some of Bogomolov's claims. In relation to this, we fill a gap in the proof of triviality of Bogomolov multipliers of finite simple groups.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2013
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1307.6533
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1307.6533
- Bibcode:
- 2013arXiv1307.6533J
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Group Theory
- E-Print:
- 23 pages. The new version gives an improved bound for the commuting probability, fixes some errors and offers new applications of the main result