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Sibirsk. Mat. Zh., 2009 Volume 50, Number 3, Pages 669–679 (Mi smj1990)

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New characterization of $S_4(q)$ by its noncommuting graph

L. Zhang, W. Shi

School of Mathematical Sciences, Suzhou University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Abstract: Let $G$ be a nonabelian group, and associate the noncommuting graph $\nabla(G)$ with $G$ as follows: the vertex set of $\nabla(G)$ is $G\setminus Z(G)$ with two vertices $x$ and $y$ joined by an edge whenever the commutator of $x$ and $y$ is not the identity. Let $S_4(q)$ be the projective symplectic simple group, where $q$ is a prime power. We prove that if $G$ is a group with $\nabla(G)\cong\nabla(S_4(q))$ then $G\cong S_4(q)$.

Keywords: noncommuting graph, finite group, centralizer.

UDC: 512.542

Received: 03.09.2007


 English version:
Siberian Mathematical Journal, 2009, 50:3, 533–540

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