On almost fixed-point-free automorphisms of groups.

DOI10.17654/MS099040541MaRDI QIDQ2795890zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tao Xu

Publication date 22 March 2016

Published in Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://www.pphmj.com/abstract/9610.htm

zbMATH Keywords

almost fixed-point-free automorphismsFitting subgroupminimax groupsresidually finite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Other classes of groups defined by subgroup chains (20F22)

Review text

It is well-known that any finite group \(G\), admitting a fixed-point-free automorphism of prime order, is nilpotent. An automorphism \(\alpha\) of an arbitrary group \(G\) is said to be \textit{almost fixed-point-free} if there are only finitely many elements of \(G\) fixed by \(\alpha\). In the paper under review, it is shown that if \(G\) is a finitely generated group such that the centre of its automorphism group contains an almost fixed-point-free automorphism, then the centre \(Z(G)\) has finite index in \(G\). Moreover, extending a previous result of \textit{G. Endimioni} [Arch. Math. 94, No. 1, 19-27 (2010; Zbl 1205.20041)], the author proves that if \(G\) is a nilpotent minimax residually finite group such that the Fitting subgroup of the automorphism group of \(G\) contains an almost fixed-point-free automorphism, then the commutator subgroup \(G'\) of \(G\) is periodic.

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