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Generalized quaternion NCI-groups, NNN-groups and NNND-groups

Group Theory 2026-05-21 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

A Cayley (di)graph \Cay(G,S)\Cay(G,S) of a finite group GG is called CI if, for every Cayley (di)graph \Cay(G,T)\Cay(G,T) of GG, \Cay(G,S)\Cay(G,T)\Cay(G,S)\cong \Cay(G,T) implies that Sσ=TS^{\sigma}=T for some σ\Aut(G)\sigma\in \Aut(G). The group GG is called an NDCI-group (resp. NCI-group) if every normal Cayley digraph (resp. graph) of GG is CI. It was shown that the generalized quaternion group \Q4n\Q_{4n} of order 4n4n (n2n\geq 2) is an NDCI-group if and only if either n=2n=2 or nn is odd, but its NCI-group classification has been left as an open question. In this paper, we solve the question and prove that \Q4n\Q_{4n} is an NCI-group for every n2n\geq 2. A normal Cayley (di)graph of a group GG is called NNN if its automorphism group contains a non-normal regular subgroup isomorphic to GG, and GG is called an NNND-group (resp. NNN-group) if it admits an NNN Cayley digraph (resp. graph). In this paper, we show that \Q4n\Q_{4n} is not an NNN-group for every n2n\geq 2, and is an NNND-group if and only if n6n\geq 6 and nn is even.

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@article{arxiv.2605.20658,
  title  = {Generalized quaternion NCI-groups, NNN-groups and NNND-groups},
  author = {Jun-Feng Yang and jia-Li Du and Yan-Quan Feng and Young Soo Kwon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.20658},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18pages

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