A graph associated to centralizer of elements of a group

Abstract

For a given nonabelian finite group [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] denotes the center of [Formula: see text] we introduce a new graph [Formula: see text] associated to the group [Formula: see text] as follows: Take [Formula: see text] as its vertex set and two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] being adjacent if and only if there exists an element [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] This paper is devoted to investigate the properties of graphs [Formula: see text] and establish some graph theoretical properties. Moreover, we describe the planarity of these graphs when [Formula: see text] Also, we provide some examples of finite nonabelian groups [Formula: see text] with the property that if [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for some group [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] then [Formula: see text]