Re: [math-fun] derangements

The following paper is probably relevant to this discussion: Fulman and Guralnick "Derangements in simple and primitive groups" http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.GR/0208022. In the paper they do discuss the proportion of derangments even in some infinite groups. -- Victor S. Miller | " ... Meanwhile, those of us who can compute can hardly victor@idaccr.org | be expected to keep writing papers saying 'I can do the CCR, Princeton, NJ | following useless calculation in 2 seconds', and indeed 08540 USA | what editor would publish them?" -- Oliver Atkin