Finite groups containing many involutions

Finite groups containing many involutions
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 122 (1994), 383-385 Request permission

If the ratio of the number of involutions of a finite group to the group order is bounded below, the group is bounded by abelian by bounded.

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