Some New Results Concerning Power Graphs and Enhanced Power Graphs of Groups

arXiv2012.02851MaRDI QIDQ6355341FDOQ6355341

Authors: Ivica Bosnjak, R. Madarász, Samir Zahirović

Publication date: 4 December 2020

Abstract: The directed power graph

v e c m a t h c a l P (m a t h b f G)

of a group

m a t h b f G

is the simple digraph with vertex set

G

such that

x i g h t a r r o w y

if

y

is a power of

x

. The power graph of

m a t h b f G

, denoted by

m a t h c a l P (m a t h b f G)

, is the underlying simple graph. The enhanced power graph

m a t h c a l P_{e} (m a t h b f G)

of

m a t h b f G

is the simple graph with vertex set

G

in which two elements are adjacent if they generate a cyclic subgroup. In this paper, it is proven that, if two groups have isomorphic power graphs, then they have isomorphic enhanced power graphs, too. It is known that any finite nilpotent group of order divisible by at most two primes has perfect enhanced power graph. We investigated whether the same holds for all finite groups, and we have obtained a negative answer to that question. Further, we proved that, for any

n g e q 0

and prime numbers

p

and

q

, every group of order

p^{n} q

and

p^{2} q^{2}

has perfect enhanced power graph. We also give a complete characterization of symmetric and alternative groups with perfect enhanced graphs.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25)

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