Classification of cyclic groups underlying only smooth skew morphisms

Abstract: A skew morphism of a finite group

A

is a permutation

v a r p h i

of

A

fixing the identity element and for which there is an integer-valued function

p i

on

A

such that

v a r p h i (a b) = v a r p h i (a) v a r p h i^{p i (a)} (b)

for all

a, b i n A

. A skew morphism

v a r p h i

of

A

is smooth if the associated power function

p i

is constant on the orbits of

v a r p h i

, that is,

p i (v a r p h i (a)) e q u i v p i (a) p m o d | v a r p h i |

for all

a i n A

. In this paper we show that every skew morphism of a cyclic group of order

n

is smooth if and only if

n = 2^{e} n_{1}

, where

0 l e e l e 4

and

n_{1}

is an odd square-free number. A partial solution to a similar problem on non-cyclic abelian groups is also given.

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