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On the diameters of McKay graphs for finite simple groups

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arxiv 1911.13284 v1 pith:4SCLVZNY submitted 2019-11-29 math.GR math.RT

On the diameters of McKay graphs for finite simple groups

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Let $G$ be a finite group, and $\alpha$ a nontrivial character of $G$. The McKay graph ${\mathcal M}(G,\alpha)$ has the irreducible characters of $G$ as vertices, with an edge from $\chi_1$ to $\chi_2$ if $\chi_2$ is a constituent of $\alpha\chi_1$. We study the diameters of McKay graphs for simple groups $G$. For $G$ a group of Lie type, we show that for any $\alpha$, the diameter is bounded by a quadratic function of the rank, and obtain much stronger bounds for $G={\rm PSL}_n(q)$ or ${\rm PSU}_n(q)$. We also bound the diameter for symmetric and alternating groups.

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