Fixed points of automorphisms of certain non-cyclic p-groups and the dihedral group

DOI10.3390/SYM10070238MaRDI QIDQ6296252zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Akhtar Abbas, Umar Hayat, Daniel López-Aguayo

Publication date 9 January 2018

Abstract: Let $G=mathbf{Z}_{p}oplusmathbf{Z}_{p^2}$, where $p$ is a prime number. Suppose that $d$ is a divisor of the order of $G$. In this paper we find the number of automorphisms of $G$ fixing $d$ elements of $G$, and denote it by $heta(G,d)$. As a consequence, we prove a conjecture of Checco-Darling-Longfield-Wisdom. We also find the exact number of fixed-point-free automorphisms of the group $mathbf{Z}_{p^a}oplusmathbf{Z}_{p^b}$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers with $a<b$. Finally, we compute $heta(D_{2q},d)$, where $D_{2q}$ is the dihedral group of order $2q$, $q$ is an odd prime and $din1,q,2q$.

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