Finite groups and Lie rings with a metacyclic Frobenius group of automorphisms. (Q2437610)

Let \(G\) be a finite group with a Frobenius group \(F=NH\) of automorphisms such that \((|G|,|F|)=1\), \(F\) has cyclic kernel \(N\) and complement \(H\) and the fixed-point group \(C_G(H)\) is nilpotent of class \(c\). In this paper it is proved that \(G\) has a nilpotent characteristic subgroup of index bounded in terms of \(c\), \(|C_G(N)|\), and \(|N|\), whose nilpotency class is bounded in terms of \(c\) and \(|H|\) only. Examples show that the condition of \(N\) being cyclic is essential.