On groups of even orders with automorphisms generating recurrent sequences of the maximal period (Q314145)

If \(G\) is a finite group, an automorphism \(f\) of \(G\) is called to be of maximal period if the group \(\langle f \rangle\) acts transitively on all the sets of elements of \(G\) having the same (arbitrary) order. That is, if \(x, y \in G\) and if \(|x|=|y|\), then \(y=f^k(x)\) for some integer \(k\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe main result of this paper is the classification of those finite groups \(G\) possessing such an automorphism of maximal period. They all turn out to be abelian groups of very restricted structure, with at most two distinct primes dividing \(|G|\) and at most two nonisomorphic cyclic direct factors.