On the Genus of the Nilpotent Graphs of Finite Groups

Abstract

The nilpotent graph of a group G is a simple graph whose vertex set is G∖nil(G), where nil(G) = {y ∈ G | ⟨ x, y ⟩ is nilpotent ∀ x ∈ G}, and two distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if ⟨ x, y ⟩ is nilpotent. In this article, we show that the collection of finite non-nilpotent groups whose nilpotent graphs have the same genus is finite, derive explicit formulas for the genus of the nilpotent graphs of some well-known classes of finite non-nilpotent groups, and determine all finite non-nilpotent groups whose nilpotent graphs are planar or toroidal.