Non-cyclic graph of a group
Abstract
We associate a graph to a non locally cyclic group (called the non-cyclic graph of ) as follows: take as vertex set, where , and join two vertices if they do not generate a cyclic subgroup. We study the properties of this graph and we establish some graph theoretical properties (such as regularity) of this graph in terms of the group ones. We prove that the clique number of is finite if and only if has no infinite clique. We prove that if is a finite nilpotent group and is a group with and , then is a finite nilpotent group. We give some examples of groups whose non-cyclic graphs are ``unique'', i.e., if for some group , then . In view of these examples, we conjecture that every finite non-abelian simple group has a unique non-cyclic graph. Also we give some examples of finite non-cyclic groups with the property that if for some group , then . These suggest the question whether the latter property holds for all finite non-cyclic groups.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.2327,
title = {Non-cyclic graph of a group},
author = {Alireza Abdollahi and A. Mohammadi Hassanabadi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2327},
year = {2007}
}