On commuting probabilities in finite groups and rings
Abstract
We show that the set of all commuting probabilities in finite rings is a subset of the set of all commuting probabilities in finite nilpotent groups of class $\leq 2$. These two sets are equal when restricted to groups and rings with odd number of elements.
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