Engel sinks of fixed points in finite groups

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2019.02.006zbMATH Open1468.20068arXiv1809.02733OpenAlexW2964100990WikidataQ128334392 ScholiaQ128334392MaRDI QIDQ2001413FDOQ2001413

Cristina Acciarri, Danilo Silveira, Pavel Shumyatsky

Publication date: 3 July 2019

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For an element $g$ of a group $G$, an Engel sink is a subset $mathscrE(g)$ such that for every $xinG$ all sufficiently long commutators $[x,g,g,ldots,g]$ belong to $mathscrE(g)$. Let $q$ be a prime, let $m$ be a positive integer and $A$ an elementary abelian group of order $q^2$ acting coprimely on a finite group $G$. We show that if for each nontrivial element $a$ in $A$ and every element $gin{C}_G(a)$ the cardinality of the smallest Engel sink $mathscrE(g)$ is at most $m$, then the order of $gamm{a}_{i}nfty(G)$ is bounded in terms of $m$ only. Moreover we prove that if for each $ainAsetminus1$ and every element $gin{C}_G(a)$, the smallest Engel sink $mathscrE(g)$ generates a subgroup of rank at most $m$, then the rank of $gamm{a}_{i}nfty(G)$ is bounded in terms of $m$ and $q$ only.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02733

zbMATH Keywords

automorphismscentralizersfinite groupsEngel condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite solvable groups, theory of formations, Schunck classes, Fitting classes, (pi)-length, ranks (20D10) Automorphisms of abstract finite groups (20D45) Engel conditions (20F45)

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