The non-commuting graph associated to a non-abelian group G, ΓG, is a graph with vertex set G∖Z(G) where distinct non-central elements x and y of G are joined by an… Click to show full abstract
The non-commuting graph associated to a non-abelian group G, ΓG, is a graph with vertex set G∖Z(G) where distinct non-central elements x and y of G are joined by an edge if and only if xy≠yx. The non-commuting graph of a non-abelian finite group has received some attention in existing literature. Recently, many authors have studied the non-commuting graph associated to a non-abelian group. In particular, the authors put forward the following conjectures: Conjecture 1. Let G and H be two non-abelian finite groups such that ΓG≅ΓH. Then |G| = |H|. Conjecture 2 (AAM’s Conjecture). Let P be a finite non-abelian simple group and G be a group such that ΓG≅ΓP. Then G≅P. Some authors have proved the first conjecture for some classes of groups (specially for all finite simple groups and non-abelian nilpotent groups with irregular isomorphic non-commuting graphs) but in [Moghaddamfar, About noncommuting graphs, Sib. Math. J. 47(5) (2006) 911–914], Moghaddamfar has shown that it is not true in general with some counterexamples to this conjecture. On the other hand, Solomon and Woldar proved the second conjecture, in [R. Solomon and A. Woldar, Simple groups are characterized by their non-commuting graph, J. Group Theory 16 (2013) 793–824]. In this paper, we will define the same concept for a finite non-commutative Moufang loop M and try to characterize some finite non-commutative Moufang loops with their non-commuting graph. Particularly, we obtain examples of finite non-associative Moufang loops and finite associative Moufang loops (groups) of the same order which have isomorphic non-commuting graphs. Also, we will obtain some results related to the non-commuting graph of a finite non-commutative Moufang loop. Finally, we give a conjecture stating that the above result is true for all finite simple Moufang loops.
               
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