Weakly power automorphisms of groups

An automorphism α of a group G is called a weakly power automorphism if it maps every non-periodic subgroup of G onto itself. The aim of this paper is to investigate the behavior of weakly power automorphisms. In particular, among other results, it is proved that all weakly power automorphisms of a soluble non-periodic group G of derived length at most 3 are power automorphisms, i.e. they fix all subgroups of G. This result is best possible, as there exists a soluble non-periodic group of derived length 4 admitting a weakly power automorphism, which is not a power automorphism.     

Commutativity of automorphisms of subfactors modulo inner automorphisms

We introduce a new algebraic invariant of a subfactor . We show that this is an abelian group and that if the subfactor is strongly amenable, then the group coincides with the relative Connes invariant introduced by Y. Kawahigashi. We also show that this group is contained in the center of in many interesting examples such as quantum subfactors with level , but not always contained in the center. We also discuss its relation to the most general setting of the orbifold construction for subfactors.

     

Measurability of automorphisms of topological groups

Relations between the measurability and continuity of algebraic automorphisms of topological groups depending on the types of groups are examined. Various cases are considered and theorems on the continuity of measurable automorphisms are proved; for instance, such theorems are proved for separable locally compact groups and automorphisms measurable with respect to nonnegative Haar measures. On the other hand, examples of nonmetrizable nonseparable compact groups with Haar measures and of non-locally-compact separable metrizable groups with measures μ quasi-invariant with respect to dense subgroups admittings μ-measurable discontinous automorphisms are given. Translated fromMatenmaticheskie Zametki, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 105–112, July, 2000. An erratum to this article can be found online at .     

A note on local automorphisms

Let H be an infinite-dimensional almost separable Hilbert space. We show that every local automorphism of ℬ(H), the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space H, is an automorphism.     

Cubic graphs with most automorphisms

We give a sharp bound for the order of the automorphism group of a connected simple cubic graph on a given number of vertices. For each number of vertices we construct a graph, unique in special cases, attaining the bound. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 64: 99–115, 2010     

Eigenvalues and automorphisms of a graph

Let G be the automorphism group of a graph Γ and let λ be an eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of Γ. In this article, (i) we derive an upper bound for rank(G), (ii) if G is vertex transitive, we derive an upper bound for the extension degree of ?(λ) over ?, (iii) we study automorphism groups of graphs without multiple eigenvalues, (iv) we study spectra of quotient graphs associated with orbit partitions.     

On noninner automorphisms of 2-generator finite p-groups

A longstanding conjecture asserts that every finite nonabelian p-group admits a noninner automorphism of order p. In this paper we give some necessary conditions for a possible counterexample G to this conjecture, in the case when G is a 2-generator finite p-group. Then we show that every 2-generator finite p-group with abelian Frattini subgroup has a noninner automorphism of order p.     

Quadratic and cubic invariants of unipotent affine automorphisms

Let K be an arbitrary field of characteristic zero, P_n:=K[x₁,…,x_n] be a polynomial algebra, and , for n2. Let σ^′Aut_K(P_n) be given by

It is proved that the algebra of invariants, , is a polynomial algebra in n−1 variables which is generated by quadratic and cubic (free) generators that are given explicitly.Let σAut_K(P_n) be given by

It is well known that the algebra of invariants, , is finitely generated (theorem of Weitzenböck [R. Weitzenböck, Über die invarianten Gruppen, Acta Math. 58 (1932) 453–494]), has transcendence degree n−1, and that one can give an explicit transcendence basis in which the elements have degrees 1,2,3,…,n−1. However, it is an old open problem to find explicit generators for F_n. We find an explicit vector space basis for the quadratic invariants, and prove that the algebra of invariants is a polynomial algebra over in n−2 variables which is generated by quadratic and cubic (free) generators that are given explicitly.The coefficients of these quadratic and cubic invariants throw light on the ‘unpredictable combinatorics’ of invariants of affine automorphisms and of SL₂-invariants.     

On local automorphisms of group algebras of compact groups

We show that with few exceptions every local isometric automorphism of the group algebra of a compact metric group is an isometric automorphism.

     

Local automorphisms of standard operator algebras

Let X be an infinite-dimensional separable real or complex Banach space and A a closed standard operator algebra on X. Then every local automorphism of A is an automorphism. The assumptions of infinite-dimensionality, separability, and closeness are all indispensable.     

Near‐automorphisms of paths

The total relative displacement of a permutation f of vertices of a connected graph G is , where the sum is taken over all unordered pairs of distinct vertices of G. Let π(G) denote the smallest positive value of δ_f(G) among the n! permutations f. Aitken [J Combin Theory Series A 87 (1999), 1–21] proved that π(P_n) = 2n ? 4 for the n‐path P_n, which was conjectured by Chartrand et al. [Proceedings of the 1996 Eighth Quadrennial International Conference on Graph Theory, Combinatorics Algorithms, and Applications I, New Issues Press, Kalamazoo, 1999, pp. 181–192]. This article gives a short proof of the result. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 68:323‐325, 2011     

Slender partial quadrangles and their automorphisms

The partial quadrangle PQ(s, t, μ) is an incidence system consisting of points and lines in which every line contains s + 1 points, every point sits on t + 1 lines (two lines meet in at most one point), and the meet of the neighborhoods of any two non-adjacent points in the collinearity graph is a μ-coclique. We provide a classification for partial quadrangles PQ(s, t, μ) with t ⩽ 6, and study into their automorphisms. Supported by RFBR grant No. 05-01-00046 and by RFBR-NSFC grant No. 05-01-39000. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 603–619, September–October, 2006.     

Sporadic groups and automorphisms of linear spaces

This article is a contribution to the study of the automorphism groups of finite linear spaces. In particular we look at almost simple groups and prove the following theorem: Let G be an almost simple group and let 𝒮 be a finite linear space on which G acts as a line‐transitive automorphism group. Then the socle of G is not a sporadic group. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Combin Designs 8: 353–362, 2000     

On the group of conjugating automorphisms of a free group

The group of conjugating automorphisms of a free group and certain subgroups of this group, namely, the group of McCool basis-conjugating automorphisms and the Artin braid group are considered. The Birman theorem on the representation of a braid group by matrices is sharpened. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 92–108, July, 1996.     

Commuting holomorphic functions and hyperbolic automorphisms

We give a complete classification of the holomorphic self-maps of the unit ball of into itself which commute with a given hyperbolic automorphism.

     

No 17‐player triplewhist tournament has nontrivial automorphisms

The existence of triplewhist tournaments for v players has recently been solved for all values of v except = 17. For v = 12 and v = 13, a complete enumeration has shown the nonexistence of TWh(v), while constructions of TWh(v) have been presented for v > 17. For several values of v, existence has been shown by constructing a TWh(v) with a prescribed, usually cyclic, automorphism group. In this article, it is shown that the strategy of constructing a TWh(v) with a prescribed automorphism group cannot succeed with TWh(17), since no 17‐player triplewhist tournament has nontrivial automorphisms. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Embeddable anticonformal automorphisms of Riemann surfaces

Let S be a Riemann surface and f be an automorphism of finite order of S. We call f embeddable if there is a conformal embedding such that is the restriction to e(S) of a rigid motion. In this paper we show that an anticonformal automorphism of finite order is embeddable if and only if it belongs to one of the topological conjugation classes here described. For conformal automorphisms a similar result was known by R.A. Rüedy [R3]. Received: February 8, 1996     

Commutator automorphisms of formal power series rings

For a big class of commutative rings , every continuous -automorphism of with the linear part the identity is in the commutator subgroup of . An explicit bound for the number of commutators involved and a -theoretic interpretation of this result are provided.