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We show that if $G$ is a simple triangle-free graph with $n\geq 3$ vertices, without a perfect matching, and having a minimum degree at least $\frac{n-1}{2}$, then $G$ is isomorphic either to $C_5$ or to $K_{\frac{n-1}{2},\frac{n+1}{2}}$.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Vahan V. Mkrtchyan , Petros A. Petrosyan

Given a family F of graphs, a graph G is F-free if it does not contain any graph in F as an induced subgraph. The problem of determining the complexity of colouring (claw, 4K1)- free graphs is a well-known open problem. In this paper we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-02 Kathie Cameron , Chính T. Hoàng , Taite LaGrange

This paper deals with the classification of groups $G$ such that power graphs and proper power graphs of $G$ are line graphs. In fact, we classify all finite nilpotent groups whose power graphs are line graphs. Also, we categorize all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Sudip Bera

We study the finite solvable groups $G$ in which every real element has prime power order. We divide our examination into two parts: the case $\textbf{O}_2(G)>1$ and the case $\textbf{O}_2(G)=1$. Specifically we proved that if…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Alessandro Giorgi

A graph $G$ is a brick if it is 3-connected and $G-\{u,v\}$ has a perfect matching for any two distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ of $G$. Lucchesi and Murty proposed a problem concerning the characterization of bricks, distinct from $K_4$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Yipei Zhang , Xiumei Wang

A finite group of order divisible by 3 in which centralizers of 3-elements are 3-subgroups will be called a C{\theta}{\theta}-group. The prime graph (or Gruenberg-Kegel graph) of a finite group G is denoted by {\Gamma}(G) (or GK(G)) and its…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Ali Mahmoudifar

Let $G$ be an undirected graph. An edge of $G$ dominates itself and all edges adjacent to it. A subset $E'$ of edges of $G$ is an edge dominating set of $G$, if every edge of the graph is dominated by some edge of $E'$. We say that $E'$ is…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-05-24 Min Chih Lin , Vadim Lozin , Veronica A. Moyano , Jayme L. Szwarcfiter

We associate a graph $\mathcal{N}_{G}$ with a group $G$ (called the non-nilpotent graph of $G$) as follows: take $G$ as the vertex set and two vertices are adjacent if they generate a non-nilpotent subgroup. In this paper we study the graph…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-10-02 Alireza Abdollahi , Mohammad Zarrin

Let $G$ be a graph. We say that $G$ is perfectly divisible if for each induced subgraph $H$ of $G$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into $A$ and $B$ such that $H[A]$ is perfect and $\omega(H[B])<\omega(H)$. We use $P_t$ and $C_t$ to denote a path…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Wei Dong , Baogang Xu , Yian Xu

In [Curtin and Pourgholi, A group sum inequality and its application to power graphs, J. Algebraic Combinatorics, 2014], it is proved that among all directed power graphs of groups of a given order $ n $, the directed power graph of cyclic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-05-15 P. Darbari , B. Khosravi

A group $G$ has cube-free order if no prime to the third power divides $|G|$. We describe an algorithm that given two cube-free groups $G$ and $H$ of known order, decides whether $G\cong H$, and, if so, constructs an isomorphism $G\to H$.…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-05-06 Heiko Dietrich , James B. Wilson

Let $G$ be a group and $Z(G)$ be its center. We associate a commuting graph ${\Gamma}(G)$, whose vertex set is $G\setminus Z(G)$ and two distinct vertices are adjacent if they commute. We say that ${\Gamma}(G)$ is strong $k$ star free if…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-12 Sushil Bhunia , G. Arunkumar

Let G be a finite group with identity e and H \neq \{e\} be a subgroup of G. The generalized non-coprime graph GAmma_{G,H} of G with respect to H is the simple undirected graph with G - \{e \}\) as the vertex set and two distinct vertices a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-04 S. Anukumar Kathirvel , Peter J. Cameron , T. Tamizh Chelvam

We continue the study of prime graphs of finite groups, also known as Gruenberg-Kegel graphs. The vertices of the prime graph of a finite group are the prime divisors of the group order, and two vertices $p$ and $q$ are connected by an edge…

Let $G$ be a group. The intersection graph of subgroups of $G$, denoted by $\mathscr{I}(G)$, is a graph with all the proper subgroups of $G$ as its vertices and two distinct vertices in $\mathscr{I}(G)$ are adjacent if and only if the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-03 R. Rajkumar , P. Devi

It is shown that the reduced C*-algebra of a nontrivial linear group $\Gamma<GL_{d}(k)$ with trivial amenable radical is selfless. Thus selflessness and simplicity coincide for reduced C*-algebras of linear groups. Similar results are…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Itamar Vigdorovich

In this paper, we give a series of couterexamples to negate a conjecture and hence answer an open question on the $k$-power domination of regular graphs (see [P. Dorbec et al., SIAM J. Discrete Math., 27 (2013), pp. 1559-1574]).…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-26 Hangdi Chen , Changhong Lu , Qingjie Ye

A graph is CIS if every maximal clique interesects every maximal stable set. Currently, no good characterization or recognition algorithm for the CIS graphs is known. We characterize graphs in which every maximal matching saturates all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-14 Liliana Alcón , Marisa Gutierrez , Martin Milanič

The power graph $\mathcal{P}(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is the graph whose vertex set is $G$, and two elements in $G$ are adjacent if one of them is a power of the other. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we find the complexity of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-06-07 S. Kirkland , A. R. Moghaddamfar , S. Navid Salehy , S. Nima Salehy , M. Zohourattar

We prove a decomposition theorem for the class of triangle-free graphs that do not contain a subdivision of the complete graph on four vertices as an induced subgraph. We prove that every graph of girth at least~5 in this class is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-12-01 Nicolas Trotignon , Kristina Vušković