On Connectivity of Comaximal Subgroup Graph

Abstract

The co-maximal subgroup graph $\hat{I}“(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is defined to be a graph with the set of all non-trivial proper subgroups of $G$ as the set of vertices and two distinct vertices $H$ and $K$ are adjacent if and only if $HK=G$. The deleted co-maximal subgroup graph of $G$, denoted by $\hat{I}{“}^{\ast }(G)$, is defined as the graph obtained by removing the isolated vertices from $\hat{I}“(G)$. In this paper, we prove that for any finite group $G$, $\hat{I}{“}^{\ast }(G)$ is connected. Furthermore, we show that $\hat{I}{“}^{\ast }(G)$ either contains a cycle or is a star. When $\hat{I}{“}^{\ast }(G)$ contains a cycle, its girth is either $3$ or $4$. Finally, we classify all finite groups $G$ for which $\hat{I}{“}^{\ast }(G)$ is a star.

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