Finite BCI-groups are solvable

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Isfahan University of Technology

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Let $S$ be a subset of a finite group $G$‎. ‎The bi-Cayley graph $BCay(G,S)$ of $G$ with respect to $S$ is an undirected graph with vertex set $G\times\{1,2\}$ and edge set $\{\{(x,1),(sx,2)\}\mid x\in G‎, ‎\ s\in S\}$‎. ‎A bi-Cayley graph $BCay(G,S)$ is called a BCI-graph if for any bi-Cayley graph $BCay(G,T)$‎, ‎whenever $BCay(G,S)\cong BCay(G,T)$ we have $T=gS^\alpha$ for some $g\in G$ and $\alpha\in Aut(G)$‎. ‎A group $G$ is called a BCI-group if every bi-Cayley graph of $G$ is a BCI-graph‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎we prove that every BCI-group is solvable‎.

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