n-Isoclinism Classes and n-Nilpotency Degree of Finite Groups

Abstract

Gallagher (1970) and Gustafson (1973) introduced the commutativity degree of a finite group. In this paper, we define the n-nilpotency degree of finite groups for n ≥ 1, and prove some results as Lescot (1995) does for a certain class of groups. In particular, it is shown that the n-isoclinism of finite groups preserves their n-nilpotency degrees. Finally, some sharper and more general upper bound than previously known is constructed for the commutativity degree of non-abelian finite groups.