THE EXISTENCE OR NONEXISTENCE OF NON-COMMUTING GRAPHS WITH PARTICULAR PROPERTIES

Abstract

We consider the non-commuting graph ∇(G) of a non-abelian finite group G; its vertex set is G\Z(G), the set of non-central elements of G, and two distinct vertices x and y are joined by an edge if [x, y] ≠ 1. We determine the structure of any finite non-abelian group G (up to isomorphism) for which ∇(G) is a complete multipartite graph (see Propositions 3 and 4). It is also shown that a non-commuting graph is a strongly regular graph if and only if it is a complete multipartite graph. Finally, it is proved that there is no non-abelian group whose non-commuting graph is self-complementary and n-cube.