Classification of non-solvable groups whose power graph is a cograph

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2022-0081MaRDI QIDQ6110526zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jendrik Brachter, Eda Kaja

Publication date 6 July 2023

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.02362

zbMATH Keywords

cographGruenberg-Kegel graphnilpotent grouppower graphsimple groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60)

Abstract: Cameron, Manna and Mehatari investigated the question of which finite groups admit a power graph that is a cograph, also called power-cograph groups (Journal of Algebra 591 (2022)). They give a classification for nilpotent groups and partial results for general groups. However, the authors point out number theoretic obstacles towards a classification. These arise when the groups are assumed to be isomorphic to PSL 2 (q) or Sz(q) and are likely to be hard. In this paper, we prove that these number theoretic problems are in fact the only obstacles to the classification of non-solvable power-cograph groups. Specifically, for the non-solvable case, we give a classification of power-cograph groups in terms of such groups isomorphic to PSL 2 (q) or Sz(q). For the solvable case, we are able to precisely describe the structure of solvable power-cograph groups. We obtain a complete classification of solvable power-cograph groups whose Gruenberg-Kegel graph is connected. Moreover, we reduce the case where the Gruenberg-Kegel graph is disconnected to the classification of p-groups admitting fixed-point-free automorphisms of prime power order, which is in general an open problem.

Review text

A graph is a cograph if it does not contain the 4-vertex path as an induced subgraph. In this paper, the authors provide a classification of finite groups whose power graph is a cograph (Theorem 1.1 for non-solvable groups and Theorem 1.2 for solvable groups).

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