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A graph related to the sum of element orders of a finite group

Group Theory 2022-03-02 v1

Abstract

A finite group is called ψ\psi-divisible iff ψ(H)ψ(G)\psi(H)|\psi(G) for any subgroup HH of a finite group GG. Here, ψ(G)\psi(G) is the sum of element orders of GG. For now, the only known examples of such groups are the cyclic ones of square-free order. The existence of non-abelian ψ\psi-divisible groups still constitutes an open question. The aim of this paper is to make a connection between the ψ\psi-divisibility property and graph theory. Hence, for a finite group GG, we introduce a simple undirected graph called the ψ\psi-divisibility graph of GG. We denote it by ψG\psi_G. Its vertices are the non-trivial subgroups of GG, while two distinct vertices HH and KK are adjacent iff HKH\subset K and ψ(H)ψ(K)\psi(H)|\psi(K) or KHK\subset H and ψ(K)ψ(H)\psi(K)|\psi(H). We prove that GG is ψ\psi-divisible iff ψG\psi_G has a universal (dominating) vertex. Also, we study various properties of ψG\psi_G, when GG is a finite cyclic group. The choice of restricting our study to this specific class of groups is motivated in the paper.

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@article{arxiv.2203.00071,
  title  = {A graph related to the sum of element orders of a finite group},
  author = {Mihai-Silviu Lazorec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00071},
  year   = {2022}
}

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accepted for publication; 19 pages