THE AUTOMORPHISM GROUP OF COMMUTING GRAPH OF A FINITE GROUP

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THE AUTOMORPHISM GROUP OF COMMUTING GRAPH OF A FINITE GROUP
Mirzargar, Mahsa; Pach, Peter P.; Ashrafi, A.R.;

Abstract
Let G be a finite group and X be a union of conjugacy classes of G. Define C(G,X) to be the graph with vertex set X and $\small{x,y{\in}X}$ ($\small{x{\neq}y}$) joined by an edge whenever they commute. In the case that X
Keywords
commuting graph;automorphism group;extra special group;
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English
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