Finite groups with an affine map of large order

General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Automorphisms of abstract finite groups (20D45) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60)

Abstract: Let

G

be a group. A function

G i g h t a r r o w G

of the form

x m a p s t o x^{a l p h a} g

for a fixed automorphism

a l p h a

of

G

and a fixed

g i n G

is called an affine map of

G

. In this paper, we study finite groups

G

with an affine map of large order. More precisely, we show that if

G

admits an affine map of order larger than

f r a c 12 | G |

, then

G

is solvable of derived length at most

3

. We also show that more generally, for each

h o i n l e f t (0, 1 i g h t]

, if

G

admits an affine map of order at least

h o | G |

, then the largest solvable normal subgroup of

G

has derived length at most

4 l f l o o r l o g_{2} (h o^{- 1}) f l o o r + 3

.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a finite group, the holomorph \(\mathrm{Hol}(G)=G \rtimes \mathrm{Aut}(G)\) acts on \(G\) via \(x^{(g,\alpha)}=x^{\alpha}g\). In this paper, the author calls \(x \mapsto x^{\alpha}g\) an affine map of \(G\). The purpose of this article is to study finite groups admitting an affine map of large order. More precisely, he proves that if \(G\) admits an affine map of order larger than \(\frac{1}{2}|G|\), then \(G\) is solvable of derived length at most 3 and, for every \(\rho \in (0,1]\), if \(G\) admits an affine map of order at least \(\rho |G|\), then the largest solvable normal subgroup of \(G\) has derived length at most \(4\lfloor \log_{2}(\rho^{-1}) \rfloor+3\).

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