Group automorphisms with few fixed points
In this article, the author discusses group actions where non-trivial group elements fix few points. He gives some background for this area of research and then explains the special case he is interested in: Given a finite group \(G\) and a non-trivial subgroup \(A\) of \(\textrm{Aut}(G)\), what can we say about \(A\) and \(G\) if every non-trivial element of \(A\) only fixes few elements of \(G\)? In this situation, ``few means ``at most four. Following \textit{C. Ronse} [Math. Z. 173, 211--215 (1980; Zbl 0424.20003)] we say that \(A\) acts with \textit{fixity} \(k \in \mathbb{N}\) on \(G\) if and only if the maximum number of fixed points of elements of \(A^\#\) on \(G\) is exactly \(k\). The author explains the background of this notion and why we originally began to study permutation groups that act with fixity at most \(4\). Then he gives various examples and discusses how we can classify finite groups with a group of automorphisms of fixity \(2\) and we see a brief outlook on what happens in the corresponding situation with fixity \(3\) or \(4\). Overall, this is a nice introductory article into the subject with beautiful examples and references for further reading.
- Finite groups admitting an automorphism with two fixed points
- FINITE GROUPS WITH FIXED-POINT-FREE AUTOMORPHISMS OF PRIME ORDER
- Finite simple permutation groups acting with fixity 4
- Finite soluble groups that act with fixity 2 or 3
- On permutation groups of prime power order
- Solvability of groups of odd order
- The occurrence of finite simple permutation groups of fixity 2 as automorphism groups of Riemann surfaces
- Transitive permutation groups where nontrivial elements have at most two fixed points.
- Transitive permutation groups with trivial four point stabilizers.
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