On almost regular automorphisms of prime order

Novosibirsk. Translated fromSibirskiî Matematicheskiî Zhurnal, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 206–208, September–October, 1992.     

Polycyclic group admitting an almost regular automorphism of prime order

A well-known result due to Thompson states that if a finite group G has a fixed-point-free automorphism of prime order, then G is nilpotent. In this note, giving a counterpart of Thompson's result in the context of polycyclic groups, we prove: if a polycyclic group G has an automorphism of prime order with finitely many fixed points, then G is nilpotent-by-finite.     

On nilpotent groups having an almost regular automorphism of prime order

Translated from Sibirskii Matematicheskii, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 630–632, May–June, 1994.     

Automorphisms of prime order of curves

If an order q of an automorphism of an algebraic curve of genus g2 is prime, then q2g+1. In this paper we determine all curves having an automorphism of order 2g+1 when 2g+1 is prime.     

Automorphisms fixing elements of prime order in finite groups

Let σ be an automorphism of a finite group G and suppose that σ fixes every element of G that has prime order or order 4. The main result of this paper shows that the structure of the subgroup H=[G, σ] is severely limited in terms of the order n of σ. In particular, H has exponent dividing n and it is nilpotent of class bounded in terms of n.     

Complete regular dessins of odd prime power order

A dessin is a 2-cell embedding of a connected 2-coloured bipartite graph into an orientable closed surface. A dessin is regular if its group of colour- and orientation-preserving automorphisms acts regularly on the edges. In this paper we employ group-theoretic method to determine and enumerate the isomorphism classes of regular dessins with complete bipartite underlying graphs of odd prime power order.     

Finite groups of bounded rank with an almost regular automorphism

In this paper we prove that any finite group of rankr, with an automorphism whose centralizer hasm points, has a characteristic soluble subgroup of (m, r)-bounded index andr-bounded derived length. This result gives a positive answer to a problem raised by E. I. Khukhro and A. Shalev (see also Problem 13.56 from the “Kourovka Notebook” [Kou]). This work has been supported by a grant of the Government of the Basque Country and by the DGICYT Grant PB97-0604.     

Finite groups with an almost regular automorphism of order four

P. Shumyatsky’s question 11.126 in the “Kourovka Notebook” is answered in the affirmative: it is proved that there exist a constant c and a function of a positive integer argument f(m) such that if a finite group G admits an automorphism ϕ of order 4 having exactly m fixed points, then G has a normal series G ⩾ H ⩽ N such that |G/H| ⩽ f(m), the quotient group H/N is nilpotent of class ⩽ 2, and the subgroup N is nilpotent of class ⩽ c (Thm. 1). As a corollary we show that if a locally finite group G contains an element of order 4 with finite centralizer of order m, then G has the same kind of a series as in Theorem 1. Theorem 1 generalizes Kovács’ theorem on locally finite groups with a regular automorphism of order 4, whereby such groups are center-by-metabelian. Earlier, the first author proved that a finite 2-group with an almost regular automorphism of order 4 is almost center-by-metabelian. The proof of Theorem 1 is based on the authors’ previous works dealing in Lie rings with an almost regular automorphism of order 4. Reduction to nilpotent groups is carried out by using Hall-Higman type theorems. The proof also uses Theorem 2, which is of independent interest, stating that if a finite group S contains a nilpotent subgroup T of class c and index |S: T | = n, then S contains also a characteristic nilpotent subgroup of class ⩽ c whose index is bounded in terms of n and c. Previously, such an assertion has been known for Abelian subgroups, that is, for c = 1. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 575–602, September–October, 2006.     

Nilpotent groups admitting an almost regular automorphism of order four

We consider locally nilpotent periodic groups admitting an almost regular automorphism of order 4. The following are results are proved: (1) If a locally nilpotent periodic group G admits an automorphism ϕ of order 4 having exactly m<∞ fixed points, then (a) the subgroup {ie176-1} contains a subgroup of m-bounded index in {ie176-2} which is nilpotent of m-bounded class, and (b) the group G contains a subgroup V of m-bounded index such that the subgroup {ie176-3} is nilpotent of m-bounded class (Theorem 1); (2) If a locally nilpotent periodic group G admits an automorphism ϕ of order 4 having exactly m<∞ fixed points, then it contains a subgroup V of m-bounded index such that, for some m-bounded number f(m), the subgroup {ie176-4}, generated by all f(m) th powers of elements in {ie176-5} is nilpotent of class ≤3 (Theorem 2). Supported by RFFR grant No. 94-01-00048 and by ISF grant NQ7000. Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 314–333, May–June, 1996.     

High order derivations and primary ideals to regular prime ideals

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Automorphisms of Coxeter groups of rank three

If is an infinite rank Coxeter group, whose Coxeter diagram has no infinite bonds, then the automorphism group of is generated by the inner automorphisms and any automorphisms induced from automorphisms of the Coxeter diagram. Indeed is the semi-direct product of and the group of graph automorphisms.

     

Automorphisms of finite groups of bounded rank

LetG be a finite group admitting an automorphismα withm fixed points. Suppose every subgroup ofG isr-generated. It is shown that (1)G has a characteristic soluble subgroupH whose index is bounded in terms ofm andr, and (2) if the orders ofα andG are coprime, then the derived length ofH is also bounded in terms ofm andr. To Professor John Thompson, in honor of his outstanding achievements     

Sums of almost equal prime cubes

We prove that almost all integers N satisfying some necessary congruence conditions are the sum of j almost equal prime cubes with j = 5; 6; 7; 8, i.e., N = p ₁³ + ... + p _j ³ with |p _i − (N/j)^1/3| ≦ $ N^{1/3 - \delta _j + \varepsilon } $ N^{1/3 - \delta _j + \varepsilon } (1 ≦ i ≦ j), for δ _j = 1/45; 1/30; 1/25; 2/45, respectively.     

Sums of nine almost equal prime cubes

We prove that each sufficiently large odd integer N can be written as sum of the form N = p1^3 ＋p2^3 ＋... ＋p9^3 with [pj - （N/9）^1/31 ≤ N^（1/3）-θ, where pj, j = 1,2,...,9, are primes and θ = （1/51） -ε.