Automorphism groups of multilinear mappings (Q790939)

Let V be a vector space of dimension n over an algebraically closed field. Let \(\theta\) be a multilinear mapping from the direct product of r copies of V into V itself, \(r\geq 2\), and set \[ Aut \theta =\{\phi \in GL(V)| \quad \theta(x_ 1,...,x_ r)^{\phi}=\theta(x_ 1\!^{\phi},...,x_ r\!^{\phi})\quad for\quad all\quad x_ 1,...,x_ r\in V\}. \] Suppose that \(\theta\) (x,...,x)\(\neq 0\) for all 0\(\neq x\in V\). Under this condition, we prove that Aut \(\theta\) is a finite group. When the characteristic of the underlying field is \(p>0\), this result was obtained by showing that under the same condition, \(| Q| \leq p^{[n/p]+[n/p^ 2]+[n/p^ 3]+...}\) for every unipotent subgroup Q of Aut \(\theta\).