Note on the power graph of finite simple groups.
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The power graph \(\mathcal P(G)\) of a finite group \(G\) is a simple graph whose vertex-set is \(G\) and two vertices in \(G\) are adjacent if and only if one of them is a power of the other. \textit{A. R. Moghaddamfar, S. Rahbariyan} and \textit{W.-J. Shi} [J. Algebra Appl. 13, No. 7, Article ID 1450040 (2014; Zbl 1304.20025)] defined the proper power graph \(\mathcal P^*(G)\) as the subgraph of \(\mathcal P(G)\) obtained by deleting the identity element of \(G\) and investigate some properties of the graphs \(\mathcal P(G)\) and \(\mathcal P^*(G)\). A graph is said to be 2-connected if it does not have a cut vertex. It is easy to see that \(\mathcal P^*(G)\) is connected if and only if \(\mathcal P(G)\) is 2-connected.NEWLINENEWLINE \textit{G. R. Pourgholi, H. Yousefi-Azari} and \textit{A. R. Ashrafi} [Bull. Malays. Math. Sci. Soc. (2) 38, No. 4, 1517-1525 (2015; Zbl 1326.20025)] conjectured that there is no non-abelian finite simple group with a 2-connected power graph. \textit{D. Bubboloni, M. Iranmanesh} and \textit{S. M. Shaker} [On some graphs associated with the finite alternating groups. \url{arXiv:1412.7324}] and \textit{A. Doostabadi} and \textit{M. F. D. Ghouchan} [Commun. Algebra 43, No. 10, 4305-4319 (2015; Zbl 1323.05065)] presented counterexamples among some alternating groups to this conjecture.NEWLINENEWLINE In the given paper, the authors modify the conjecture (namely, a non-abelian finite simple group with 2-connected power graph is the alternating group of a suitable degree) and then verify this modified conjecture for the sporadic groups and for the groups \(A_1(q)\), \(A_2(q)\), \(^2A_2(q)\), \(B_2(q)\), \(C_3(q)\), \(F_4(q)\), \(^2G_2(q)\), and \(^2F_4(q)\).
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