Finite groups with only small automorphism orbits

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2019-0152MaRDI QIDQ778140zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Bors

Publication date 1 July 2020

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.11145

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism orbitsfinite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of abstract finite groups (20D45)

Abstract: We study finite groups $G$ such that the maximum length of an orbit of the natural action of the automorphism group $operatornameAut(G)$ on $G$ is bounded from above by a constant. Our main results are the following: Firstly, a finite group $G$ only admits $operatornameAut(G)$-orbits of length at most $3$ if and only if $G$ is cyclic of one of the orders $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$ or $6$, or $G$ is the Klein four group or the symmetric group of degree $3$. Secondly, there are infinitely many finite ($2$-)groups $G$ such that the maximum length of an $operatornameAut(G)$-orbit on $G$ is $8$. Thirdly, the order of a $d$-generated finite group $G$ such that $G$ only admits $operatornameAut(G)$-orbits of length at most $c$ is explicitly bounded from above in terms of $c$ and $d$. Fourthly, a finite group $G$ such that all $operatornameAut(G)$-orbits on $G$ are of length at most $23$ is solvable.

Review text

The author contributes to the well-established subject of automorphism orbits of groups; where for a group \(G\) the natural action of \(\Aut(G)\) on \(G\) is considered. In this paper, the author studies finite groups whose maximal length of an automorphism orbit is bounded above by a constant, and he proves the following four results: (1) A finite group \(G\) has \(\Aut(G)\)-orbits of length at most 3 if and only if \(G\) is either cylic of order 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6; the Klein 4-group; or the symmetric group of degree 3. (2) There are infinitely many finite 2-groups \(G\) having maximum \(\Aut(G)\)-orbit length 8. (3) The order of a \(d\)-generated finite group \(G\) with \(\Aut(G)\)-orbit length at most \(c\) is explicitly bounded above in terms of \(c\) and \(d\). (4) A finite group \(G\) with \(\Aut(G)\)-orbits of length at most 23 is solvable. The author concludes the paper with a few open problems, such as ``Determine the largest positive integer \(c_0\) such that there are only finitely many groups \(G\) with maximum \(\Aut(G)\)-orbit length at most \(c_0\).

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