The generating graph of a profinite group

DOI10.1007/S00013-020-01502-YMaRDI QIDQ2198267zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrea Lucchini

Publication date 10 September 2020

Published in Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06384

zbMATH Keywords

generating graphprofinite groupsswap conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

Abstract: Let $G$ be 2-generated group. The generating graph $Gamma(G)$ of $G$ is the graph whose vertices are the elements of $G$ and where two vertices $g$ and $h$ are adjacent if $G=langleg,hangle.$ This definition can be extended to a 2-generated profinite group $G,$ considering in this case topological generation. We prove that the set $V(G)$ of non-isolated vertices of $Gamma(G)$ is closed in $G$ and that, if $G$ is prosoluble, then the graph $Delta(G)$ obtained from $Gamma(G)$ by removing its isolated vertices is connected with diameter at most 3. However we construct an example of a 2-generated profinite group $G$ with the property that $Delta(G)$ has $2^{alep{h}_0}$ connected components. This implies that the so called "swap conjecture" does not hold for finitely generated profinite groups. We also prove that if an element of $V(G)$ has finite degree in the graph $Gamma(G),$ then $G$ is finite.

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• THE GENERATING GRAPH OF INFINITE ABELIAN GROUPS
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