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Sebastien Palcoux
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What's the ratio of inclusions of finite groups with a distributive lattice?

Definition: Two inclusions of finite groups are equivalent, $(A \subset B) \sim (C \subset D)$, if: $(A/A_B \subset B/A_B) \simeq (C/C_D \subset D/C_D)$ with $A_B$ the normal core of $A$ in $B$.

Remark: The equivalence class of $(A \subset B)$ is the same that the conjugacy class of a transitive permutation group $G$ with $(A \subset B) \sim (G_1 \subset G)$.

Gap computation:
Up to equivalence, there are $40225$ inclusions of finite groups $(A \subset B)$ of index $[B : A] \le 30$.
Among them, $28798$ have a distributive lattice $\mathcal{L}(A \subset B)$ of intermediate subgroups.
So the ratio with such a distributive lattice is more than $70 \%$.

Let $p_n$ be such a ratio for index $\le n$.

Questions: Is $(p_n)$ convergent when $n \to \infty$?
If yes, let $\alpha = lim(p_n)$. Then $\alpha = 0$ or $0< \alpha < 1/2$ or $\alpha \ge 1/2$?
If $\alpha = 0$, what's the asymptotic analysis of $(p_n)$?

Sebastien Palcoux
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