On the diameter of Engel graphs

DOI10.1142/S0219498825502391MaRDI QIDQ6972695zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Andrea Lucchini, Pablo Spiga

Publication date 12 June 2025

Published in Journal of Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219498825502391

zbMATH Keywords

commuting graphEngel elementsEngel graphprime graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Special subgroups (Frattini, Fitting, etc.) (20D25) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Engel conditions (20F45)

Review text

This article investigates the diameter of Engel graphs associated with finite groups. Given a finite group \(G\), the Engel graph \(\Gamma(G)\) is the directed graph whose vertices are the non-hypercentral elements of \(G\), with an arc from \(x\) to \(y\) whenever there exists \(n \in \mathbb{N}\) such that \([x,{}_n y] = 1\).\N\NExtending previous work on strong connectivity, the authors establish absolute bounds for the directed diameter of \(\Gamma(G)\): namely, a general upper bound of \(16\), improved to \(12\) when the quotient \(G/Z_\infty(G)\) is not almost simple. The proof combines structural results on finite groups with graph-theoretic methods, notably using properties of commuting graphs, Engel elements and the Fitting series.

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