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The Engel graph of a finite group

Group Theory 2022-03-01 v1

Abstract

For a finite group G,G, we investigate the direct graph Γ(G),\Gamma(G), whose vertices are the non-hypercentral elements of GG and where there is an edge xyx\mapsto y if and only if [x,ny]=1[x,_ny]=1 for some nN.n \in \mathbb N. We prove that Γ(G)\Gamma(G) is always weakly connected and is strongly connected if G/Z(G)G/Z_{\infty}(G) is neither Frobenius nor almost simple.

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@article{arxiv.2202.13737,
  title  = {The Engel graph of a finite group},
  author = {Eloisa Detomi and Andrea Lucchini and Daniele Nemmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.13737},
  year   = {2022}
}