The independence and clique polynomial of the conjugacy class graph of dihedral group

Abstract

The independence and clique polynomial are two types of graph polynomial that store combinatorial information of a graph. The independence polynomial of a graph is the polynomial in which its coefficients are the number of independent sets in the graph. The independent set of a graph is a set of vertices that are not adjacent. The clique polynomial of a graph is the polynomial in which its coefficients are the number of cliques in the graph. The clique of a graph is a set of vertices that are adjacent. Meanwhile, a graph of group G is called conjugacy class graph if the vertices are non-central conjugacy classes of G and two distinct vertices are connected if and only if their class cardinalities are not coprime. The independence and clique polynomial of the conjugacy class graph of a group G can be obtained by considering the polynomials of complete graph or polynomials of union of some graphs. In this research, the independence and clique polynomials of the conjugacy class graph of dihedral groups of order 2n are determined based on three cases namely when n is odd, when n and n/2 are even, and when n is even and n/2 is odd. For each case, the results of the independence polynomials are of degree two, one and two, and the results of the clique polynomials are of degree (n-1)/2, (n+2)/2 and (n-2)/2, respectively.