The Ore conjecture: every element of a finite nonabelian simple group is a commutator
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Problem statement
Notes: This is Theorem 1 of the cited paper.
Source: Martin W. Liebeck, E. A. O'Brien, Aner Shalev, and Pham Huu Tiep, *The Ore conjecture*, Journal of the European Mathematical Society 12 (2010), no. 4, 939–1008, Theorem 1, https://doi.org/10.4171/JEMS/220; https://ems.press/journals/jems/articles/3979.
Informal solution: See the cited paper for the proof.
theorem ore_conjecture (G : Type*) [Group G] [Finite G] [IsSimpleGroup G]
(hG : ¬ IsMulCommutative G) :
commutatorSet G = Set.univ := G:Type u_1inst✝²:Group Ginst✝¹:Finite Ginst✝:IsSimpleGroup GhG:¬IsMulCommutative G⊢ commutatorSet G = Set.univ
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