Centralizers in finite groups and Domination number of their commuting graphs

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Main Authors: Bera, Sudip, Dey, Hiranya Kishore, Jethva, Umang
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Published: 2026
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author Bera, Sudip
Dey, Hiranya Kishore
Jethva, Umang
author_facet Bera, Sudip
Dey, Hiranya Kishore
Jethva, Umang
contents The proper commuting graph $\mathcal{C}^{**}(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is the simple graph whose vertices are the noncentral elements of $G$ and two distinct vertices are adjacent if they commute. In this paper, we study the domination number and total domination number of proper commuting graphs of finite groups. We first obtain general bounds for the domination number of proper commuting graphs. For finite nilpotent groups, we exploit a strong product decomposition of commuting graphs to derive exact formulas for the domination number. We further determine the exact domination number and total domination number for proper commuting graphs of several well-known families of finite groups, connecting with the centralizers of those groups.
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spellingShingle Centralizers in finite groups and Domination number of their commuting graphs
Bera, Sudip
Dey, Hiranya Kishore
Jethva, Umang
Combinatorics
Group Theory
05C25, 20D15, 20D60
The proper commuting graph $\mathcal{C}^{**}(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is the simple graph whose vertices are the noncentral elements of $G$ and two distinct vertices are adjacent if they commute. In this paper, we study the domination number and total domination number of proper commuting graphs of finite groups. We first obtain general bounds for the domination number of proper commuting graphs. For finite nilpotent groups, we exploit a strong product decomposition of commuting graphs to derive exact formulas for the domination number. We further determine the exact domination number and total domination number for proper commuting graphs of several well-known families of finite groups, connecting with the centralizers of those groups.
title Centralizers in finite groups and Domination number of their commuting graphs
topic Combinatorics
Group Theory
05C25, 20D15, 20D60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04567