Groups Admitting an Automorphism of Prime Order with Finite Centralizer

We consider a group G with an automorphism of finite, usually prime, order. If G has finite Hirsch number, and also if G satisfies various stronger rank restrictions, we study the consequences and equivalent hypotheses of having only finitely many fixed-points. In particular we prove that if a group G with finite Hirsch number ${\mathfrak{h}}$ admits an automorphism ${\varphi}$ of prime order p such that ${\vert C_{G}(\varphi) \vert = n < \infty,}$ then G has a subgroup of finite index bounded in terms of p, n and ${\mathfrak{h}}$ that is nilpotent of p-bounded class.     

On finite groups whose Sylow subgroups have a bounded number of generators

Let G be a finite non-nilpotent group such that every Sylow subgroup of G is generated by at most δ elements, and such that p is the largest prime dividing |G|. We show that G has a non-nilpotent image G/N, such that N is characteristic and of index bounded by a function of δ and p. This result will be used to prove that G has a nilpotent normal subgroup of index bounded in terms of δ and p.     

Finite soluble groups containing an element of prime order whose centralizer is small

In [2] we proved that ifG is a finite group containing an involution whose centralizer has order bounded by some numberm, thenG contains a nilpotent subgroup of class at most two and index bounded in terms ofm. One of the steps in the proof of that result was to show that ifG is soluble, then ¦G/F(G) ¦ is bounded by a function ofm, where F (G) is the Fitting subgroup ofG. We now show that, in this part of the argument, the involution can be replaced by an arbitrary element of prime order.     

Groups with bounded representation degree

Let Gbe a group and let K be a field of characteristic p> 0. If all irreducible representations of the group algebra K[G] have finite degree < n, then we show that G has a subgroup A with |G:A| bounded by a function of nand such that all the irreducible representations of K[A] have degree 1.     

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     

On the Modular Version of the Gluck-Wolf Theorem

Let N be a normal subgroup of a finite group G. Let ϕ be an irreducible Brauer character of N. Assume π is a set of primes and χ(1)/ϕ(1) is a π′-number of any χ∈IBr _p (G/ϕ). If p∤|G:N|, and N is p-solvable, then G/N has an abelian-by-metabelian Hall-π subgroup; If p∉π then G/N has a metabelian Hall-π subgroup. Received February 22, 2000, Accepted May 9, 2001     

Locally Finite Groups with All Subgroups Normal-by-(Finite Rank)

A group is said to have finite (special) rank ≤ sif all of its finitely generated subgroups can be generated byselements. LetGbe a locally finite group and suppose thatH/H_Ghas finite rank for all subgroupsHofG, whereH_Gdenotes the normal core ofHinG. We prove that thenGhas an abelian normal subgroup whose quotient is of finite rank (Theorem 5). If, in addition, there is a finite numberrbounding all of the ranks ofH/H_G, thenGhas an abelian subgroup whose quotient is of finite rank bounded in terms ofronly (Theorem 4). These results are based on analogous theorems on locally finitep-groups, in which case the groupGis also abelian-by-finite (Theorems 2 and 3).     

On the order of the unitary subgroup of a modular group algebra

Let KG be a group algebra of a finite p-group G over a finite field Kof characteristic p. We compute the order of the unitary subgroup of the group of units when G is either an extraspecial 2-group or the central product of such a group with a cyclic group of order 4 or G has an abelian subgroup A of index 2 and an element b such that b inverts each element of A.     

Power Subgroups of Pro-(Finite Soluble) Groups

The aim of this paper is to prove that Gⁿ, the subgroup generatedby all nth-powers of a pro-(finite soluble of bounded Fittingheight) group G is a closed subgroup of G     

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.     

A Remark on З-Permutability of Finite Groups

Let З be a complete set of Sylow subgroups of a finite group G, that is, З contains exactly one and only one Sylow p-subgroup of G for each prime p. A subgroup of a finite group G is said to be З-permutable if it permutes with every member of З. Recently, using the Classification of Finite Simple Groups, Heliel, Li and Li proved tile following result： If the cyclic subgroups of prime order or order 4 iif p = 2） of every member of З are З-permutable subgroups in G, then G is supersolvable. In this paper, we give an elementary proof of this theorem and generalize it in terms of formation.     

Almost fixed-point-free automorphisms of order 2

Let φ be an automorphism of order 2 of the group G with C _G (φ) finite. We prove the following. If G has finite Hirsch number then G is (nilpotent of class at most 2)-by-finite but need not be abelian-by-finite. If G is a finite extension of a soluble group with finite abelian ranks, then G is abelian-by-finite.     

剩余有限minimax 可解群的几乎正则自同构

设G 是一个剩余有限的minimax 可解群, α 是G 的几乎正则自同构, 则G/[G, α] 是有限群, 并且(1) 当α^p = 1 时, G 有一个指数有限的幂零群其幂零类不超过h(p), 其中h(p) 是只与素数p 有关的函数.(2) 当α² = 1 时, G 有一个指数有限的Abel 特征子群且[G, α]′ 是有限群.关键词剩余有限minimax 可解群几乎正则自同构     

On Groups Admitting a Fixed-Point-Free Elementary 2-Group of Automorphisms

We give a short proof that if G is a finite group of derived length k and if G admits a fixed-point-free action of the elementary group of order 2 ⁿ , then G has a normal series of length n all of whose quotients are nilpotent of class bounded in terms of k and n only.     

A Note on CLT-Groups

In this paper, we characterize finite groups G satisfying that, for every prime power divisor p ⁿ of the order of G, there exists a subgroup H of index p ⁿ (of order p ⁿ ) in G such that H is normal or abnormal in G.     

Locally Finite Groups All of Whose Subgroups are Boundedly Finite over Their Cores

For n a positive integer, a group G is called core-n if H/H_Ghas order at most n for every subgroup H of G (where H_G is thenormal core of H, the largest normal subgroup of G containedin H). It is proved that a locally finite core-n group G hasan abelian subgroup whose index in G is bounded in terms ofn. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification 20D15, 20D60, 20F30.     

On division rings generated by polycyclic groups

LetD=F(G) be a division ring generated as a division ring by its central subfieldF and the polycyclic-by-finite subgroupG of its multiplicative group, letn be a positive integer and letX be a finitely generated subgroup of GL(n, D). It is implicit in recent works of A. I. Lichtman thatX is residually finite. In fact, much more is true. If charD=p≠0, then there is a normal subgroup ofX of finite index that is residually a finitep-group. If charD=0, then there exists a cofinite set π=π(X) of rational primes such that for eachp in π there is a normal subgroup ofX of finite index that is residually a finitep-group.     

Una nota sui gruppi policiclici che ammettono un automorfismo con numero di Reidemeister finito

LetG be a group and ϕ an automorphism ofG. Two elementsx, y ∈ G are called ϕ-conjugate if there existsg ∈ G such thatx=g ⁻¹ yg ^θ. It is easily verified that the ϕ-conjugation is an equivalence relation; the numberR(ϕ) of ϕ-classes ofG is called the Reidemeister number of the automorphism ϕ. In this paper we prove that if a polycyclic groupsG admits an automorphism ϕ of ordern such thatR(ϕ)<∞, thenG contains a subgroup of finite index with derived length at most 2 ⁿ⁻¹ .

     

A Note on Large Characteristic Subgroups

It is known that if a group G has an abelian subgroup of finite index n, then it contains an abelian characteristic subgroup A of index at most nⁿ. The aim of this paper is to improve this bound by showing that the characteristic subgroup A can be chosen of index at most n². Examples prove that this bound is the best possible. Our main result is obtained as an application of a general method for the construction of large characteristic subgroups.     

Twisted Conjugacy Classes for Polyfree Groups

Let G be a finitely generated polyfree group. If G has nonzero Euler characteristic then we show that Aut(G) has a finite index subgroup in which every automorphism has infinite Reidemeister number. For certain G of length 2, we show that the number of Reidemeister classes of every automorphism is infinite.