Abstract
We study the commuting complex associated to the set of all non-trivial elements of a finite group. In particular we treat the case of metanilpotent groups, proving a wedgedecomposition formula for this simplicial complex and necessary and sufficient conditions for its contractibility.
Received: 2005-09-12
Revised: 2006-07-31
Published Online: 2007-06-18
Published in Print: 2007-05-23
© Walter de Gruyter
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