(1) Dipartimento di Informatica, Università Cà Foscari Venezia, Via Torino, 30172 Mestre (VE)
Abstract:
LetG be a group andα εAut(G);α is calledn-splitting if ggα...gαn-1=1 ∀g εG. In this note we study the structure of finite groups admitting an-splitting automorphism of orderp (p an odd prime number).