Noninner automorphisms of order \(p\) in some finite \(p\)-groups (Q1734140)

The authors consider an odd prime $p$, a finite $p$-group such that $(|Z(G)|, |Z_3(G)|)\in \{ (p, p^4), (p^2, p^5)\}$ and they show that $G$ must have a noninner automorphism of order $p$. As a corollary, they derive that some odd order $p$-groups of coclass 3 also possess such an automorphism. The proof, which is technical, is a case by case analysis using a large collection of particular results of this type.