Commuting graph of \(A \)-orbits (Q831206): Difference between revisions

Let \(G\) be a finite group, and let \(A\) be a group acting on \(G\) through automorphisms (without loss of generality, one may assume that \(A\leq\operatorname{Aut}(G)\)). The authors introduce and study the simple undirected graph \(\Gamma(G,A)\), the vertices of which are the \(A\)-orbits \(x^A\) of nontrivial elements \(x\in G\), with two vertices \(x^A\) and \(y^A\) joined by an edge if and only if \(x'y'=y'x'\) for some \(x'\in x^A\) and some \(y'\in y^A\). For \(A=\{\operatorname{id}\}\), this is essentially the so-called commuting graph of \(G\), dating back to a seminal paper of \textit{R. Brauer} and \textit{K. A. Fowler} [Ann. Math. (2) 62, 565--583 (1955; Zbl 0067.01004)] and studied by many authors since. For \(A=\operatorname{Inn}(G)\), it is essentially the graph introduced by \textit{M. Herzog} et al. [Commun. Algebra 37, No. 10, 3369--3387 (2009; Zbl 1187.20027)]. Due to these, and other, connections of \(\Gamma(G,A)\) with known concepts, many results of the reviewed paper are either generalizations of, or at least have some connection with, known results by various authors. For example, \begin{itemize} \item Theorem 2.1 states that \(G\) is nilpotent if for all primes \(p\not=q\) and all \(p\)-elements \(x\) and \(q\)-elements \(y\) of \(G\), there is an \(a=a(x,y)\in A\) such that the subgroup \(\langle x,y^a\rangle\) is nilpotent. Since \(\langle x,y^a\rangle\) is nilpotent for some \(a\) if and only if \([x,y^a]=1\) for some \(a\) if and only if \(x^A\sim y^A\) in \(\Gamma(G,A)\), it follows in particular that \(G\) is nilpotent if \(\Gamma(G,A)\) is a complete graph (Theorem 3.1). For \(A=\{\operatorname{id}\}\), Theorem 2.1 is one implication in the well-known criterion that \(G\) is nilpotent if and only if any two elements of coprime prime-power order commute. \item Theorem 2.2: Like Theorem 2.1, but replacing ``nilpotent'' by ''solvable''. For \(A=\{\operatorname{id}\}\), this was proved by \textit{J. G. Thompson} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 74, 383--437 (1968; Zbl 0159.30804)], and for \(A=\operatorname{Inn}(G)\), it is a result of \textit{S. Dolfi} et al. [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 85, No. 2, 269--281 (2012; Zbl 1246.20015)]. \end{itemize} The paper also contains results pertaining to \begin{itemize} \item complete vertices of \(\Gamma(G,A)\) (i.e., isolated vertices in the complement graph) -- see Theorems 3.2 and 3.5; \item isolated vertices of \(\Gamma(G,A)\) and the case where \(\Gamma(G,A)\) has no edges -- see Theorems 4.1 and 4.2; \item connectedness of \(\Gamma(G,A)\) when \(G\) is solvable -- see Theorem 5.2, which is a generalization of a result of \textit{C. Parker} [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 45, No. 4, 839--848 (2013; Zbl 1278.20017)] for the commuting graph of \(G\); \item the case where \(\Gamma(G,A)\) is triangle-free -- see Theorem 6.2. \end{itemize}