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[#P3390] Chordality of enhanced power graphs of simple groups

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Problem. A graph is called a cograph if it has no induced subgraph isomorphic to a path with 4 vertices. A graph is said to be chordal if it has no induced cycles with n vertices for every n ⩾ 4. For a finite group G, the enhanced power graph E(G) is the graph with vertex set G and edges {x, y} for all x ̸= y ∈ G such that ⟨x, y⟩ is cyclic. (a) For a given integer n ⩾ 4, determine the set of all finite nonabelian simple groups G such that E(G) has no induced cycles with n vertices. (b) Determine the set of all finite nonabelian simple groups G such that E(G) is chordal. In (Preprint, 2025, https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18073) we proved that if the enhanced power graph of a given finite group is a cograph, then it is also chordal. Also the finite nonabelian simple groups whose enhanced power graph is a cograph are described, and additional information is obtained on finite nonabelian simple groups whose enhanced power graph has no induced cycles with 4 vertices. This is Kourovka Notebook Problem \(21.23\).

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“Chordality of enhanced power graphs of simple groups.” TheoremDB. P3390. Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:659f0beb332bbaebf2406e983ff6f1bcaec0aae81d698fb349e41d4693235d91; statement text SHA-256 d46b5d685db2c757ab0f9a6975aa0632f9bf437b8c94350090e73e81e5ac38d7. https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P3390
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@misc{theoremdb-problem-d46b5d685db2c757ab0f9a6975aa0632f9bf437b8c94350090e73e81e5ac38d7,
  title = {{Chordality of enhanced power graphs of simple groups}},
  howpublished = {TheoremDB},
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