On the exponent of a finite group with an automorphism group of order twelve. (Q716478)

Let \(G\) be a finite group of order coprime to \(6\) and let \(A=FH\) be a Frobenius group with kernel \(F\) of order \(4\) and with complement \(H\) of order \(3\) that acts on \(G\). In the paper under review it is proved that if \(C_G(F)=\{1\}\) and \(C_G(H)\) has exponent \(e\), then the exponent of \(G\) is bounded by a function depending on \(e\). Earlier statements of this nature were known only for metacyclic Frobenius groups. The proof uses considerable amounts of group-theoretic results including Lie methods, powerful \(p\)-groups and Zelmanov's solution of the restricted Burnside problem.