Finite groups whose subgroup graph contains a vertex of large degree

Abstract

T.C. Burness and S.D. Scott \cite{3} classified finite groups $G$ such that the number of prime order subgroups of $G$ is greater than $|G|/2-1$. In this note, we study finite groups $G$ whose subgroup graph contains a vertex of degree greater than $|G|/2-1$. The classification given for finite solvable groups extends the work of Burness and Scott.

Accepted for publication in Arch. Math