Finite Groups Which are Automorphism Groups of Infinite Groups Only

1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-90
Author(s):  
Jay Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Finite Field ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Finite Simple Group ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Outer Automorphism ◽  
Schur Multiplier ◽  
Infinite Groups ◽  
Infinite Set

AbstractThe object of this paper is to exhibit an infinite set of finite semisimple groups H, each of which is the automorphism group of some infinite group, but of no finite group. We begin the construction by choosing a finite simple group S whose outer automorphism group and Schur multiplier possess certain specified properties. The group H is a certain subgroup of Aut S which contains S. For example, most of the PSL's over a non-prime finite field are candidates for S, and in this case, H is generated by all of the inner, diagonal and graph automorphisms of S.

scholarly journals Finite automorphism groups of laminated near-rings

1983 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. Magill ◽  
P. R. Misra ◽  
U. B. Tewari
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Linear Group ◽  
Complex Plane ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
The Other ◽  
Complex Polynomial ◽  
Infinite Groups ◽  
Nonsingular Matrices ◽  
A Finite Group

In [3] we initiated our study of the automorphism groups of a certain class of near-rings. Specifically, let P be any complex polynomial and let P denote the near-ring of all continuous selfmaps of the complex plane where addition of functions is pointwise and the product fg of two functions f and g in P is defined by fg=f∘P∘g. The near-ring P is referred to as a laminated near-ring with laminating element P. In [3], we characterised those polynomials P(z)=anzn + an−1zn−1 +…+a0 for which Aut P is a finite group. We are able to show that Aut P is finite if and only if Deg P≧3 and ai ≠ 0 for some i ≠ 0, n. In addition, we were able to completely determine those infinite groups which occur as automorphism groups of the near-rings P. There are exactly three of them. One is GL(2) the full linear group of all real 2×2 nonsingular matrices and the other two are subgroups of GL(2). In this paper, we begin our study of the finite automorphism groups of the near-rings P. We get a result which, in contrast to the situation for the infinite automorphism groups, shows that infinitely many finite groups occur as automorphism groups of the near-rings under consideration. In addition to this and other results, we completely determine Aut P when the coefficients of P are real and Deg P = 3 or 4.

scholarly journals Serre’s Property (FA) for automorphism groups of free products

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Andrew
Keyword(s):  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Free Product ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Cyclic Groups ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Open Case

AbstractWe provide some necessary and some sufficient conditions for the automorphism group of a free product of (freely indecomposable, not infinite cyclic) groups to have Property (FA). The additional sufficient conditions are all met by finite groups, and so this case is fully characterised. Therefore, this paper generalises the work of N. Leder [Serre’s Property FA for automorphism groups of free products, preprint (2018), https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.06287v1]. for finite cyclic groups, as well as resolving the open case of that paper.

scholarly journals Semigroups with few endomorphisms

1969 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 162-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlastimil Dlab ◽  
B. H. Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Group ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Infinite Groups ◽  
Infinite Cyclic Group

Large finite groups have large automorphism groups [4]; infinite groups may, like the infinite cyclic group, have finite automorphism groups, but their endomorphism semigroups are infinite (see Baer [1, p. 530] or [2, p. 68]). We show in this paper that the corresponding propositions for semigroups are false.

scholarly journals Automorphism orbits of finite groups

1986 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Laffey ◽  
Desmond MacHale
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Prime Power ◽  
Structure Theorem ◽  
Equivalence Classes ◽  
Prime Power Order ◽  
A Finite Group

AbstractLet G be a finite group and let Aut(G) be its automorphism group. Then G is called a k-orbit group if G has k orbits (equivalence classes) under the action of Aut(G). (For g, hG, we have g ~ h if ga = h for some Aut(G).) It is shown that if G is a k-orbit group, then kGp + 1, where p is the least prime dividing the order of G. The 3-orbit groups which are not of prime-power order are classified. It is shown that A5 is the only insoluble 4-orbit group, and a structure theorem is proved about soluble 4-orbit groups.

The finite inner automorphism groups of division rings

1995 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shirvani
Keyword(s):  
Finite Groups ◽  
Galois Theory ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Outer Automorphism ◽  
Commutative Field ◽  
Division Rings ◽  
Inner Automorphism ◽  
Projective Representations ◽  
Inner Automorphisms ◽  
A Finite Group

Let G be a finite group of automorphisms of an associative ring R. Then the inner automorphisms (x↦ u−1xu = xu, for some unit u of R) contained in G form a normal subgroup G0 of G. In general, the Galois theory associated with the outer automorphism group G/G0 is quit well behaved (e.g. [7], 2·3–2·7, 2·10), while little group-theoretic restriction on the structure of G/G0 may be expected (even when R is a commutative field). The structure of the inner automorphism groups G0 does not seem to have received much attention so far. Here we classify the finite groups of inner automorphisms of division rings, i.e. the finite subgroups of PGL (1, D), where D is a division ring. Such groups also arise in the study of finite collineation groups of projective spaces (via the fundamental theorem of projective geometry, cf. [1], 2·26), and provide examples of finite groups having faithful irreducible projective representations over fields.

Strong map-symmetry of SL(3,K) and PSL(3,K) for every finite field K

2020 ◽  
pp. 2150048
Author(s):  
Antonio Breda d’Azevedo ◽  
Domenico A. Catalano
Keyword(s):  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Finite Field ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Group Automorphism ◽  
Regular Maps ◽  
Strong Map

In this paper, we show that for any finite field [Formula: see text], any pair of map-generators (that is when one of the generators is an involution) of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] has a group automorphism that inverts both generators. In the theory of maps, this corresponds to say that any regular oriented map with automorphism group [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] is reflexible, or equivalently, there are no chiral regular maps with automorphism group [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]. As remarked by Leemans and Liebeck, also [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are not automorphism groups of chiral regular maps. These two results complete the work of the above authors on simples groups supporting chiral regular maps.

scholarly journals Finite groups as automorphism groups of orthocomplemented projective planes

1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Greechie
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Projective Plane ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Projective Planes ◽  
Desarguesian Projective Plane ◽  
Absolute Point

AbstractA construction is given for a non-desarguesian projective plane P and an absolute-point free polarity on P such that the group of collineations of P which commute with the polarity is isomorphic to an arbitrary preassigned finite group.

Quasirecognition of E6(q) by the orders of maximal abelian subgroups

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (07) ◽  
pp. 1850122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Momen ◽  
Behrooz Khosravi
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Simple Group ◽  
Outer Automorphism ◽  
Composition Factor ◽  
Outer Automorphism Group ◽  
Abelian Subgroups ◽  
A Finite Group ◽  
Nonabelian Composition Factor

In [Li and Chen, A new characterization of the simple group [Formula: see text], Sib. Math. J. 53(2) (2012) 213–247.], it is proved that the simple group [Formula: see text] is uniquely determined by the set of orders of its maximal abelian subgroups. Also in [Momen and Khosravi, Groups with the same orders of maximal abelian subgroups as [Formula: see text], Monatsh. Math. 174 (2013) 285–303], the authors proved that if [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is not a Mersenne prime, then every finite group with the same orders of maximal abelian subgroups as [Formula: see text], is isomorphic to [Formula: see text] or an extension of [Formula: see text] by a subgroup of the outer automorphism group of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we prove that if [Formula: see text] is a finite group with the same orders of maximal abelian subgroups as [Formula: see text], then [Formula: see text] has a unique nonabelian composition factor which is isomorphic to [Formula: see text].

Residually finite groups of finite rank

1989 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Lubotzky ◽  
Avinoam Mann
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Prime Order ◽  
Residual Finiteness ◽  
Infinite Groups ◽  
Finiteness Conditions ◽  
Residually Finite ◽  
Residually Finite Group ◽  
Residually Finite Groups

The recent constructions, by Rips and Olshanskii, of infinite groups with all proper subgroups of prime order, and similar ‘monsters’, show that even under the imposition of apparently very strong finiteness conditions, the structure of infinite groups can be rather weird. Thus it seems reasonable to impose the type of condition that enables us to apply the theory of finite groups. Two such conditions are local finiteness and residual finiteness, and here we are interested in the latter. Specifically, we consider residually finite groups of finite rank, where a group is said to have rank r, if all finitely generated subgroups of it can be generated by r elements. Recall that a group is said to be virtually of some property, if it has a subgroup of finite index with this property. We prove the following result:Theorem 1. A residually finite group of finite rank is virtually locally soluble.

scholarly journals On automorphism groups of low complexity subshifts

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEBASTIÁN DONOSO ◽  
FABIEN DURAND ◽  
ALEJANDRO MAASS ◽  
SAMUEL PETITE
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Polynomial Complexity ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Topological Dynamics ◽  
Main Technique ◽  
Shift Map ◽  
The One ◽  
A Finite Group

In this article, we study the automorphism group$\text{Aut}(X,{\it\sigma})$of subshifts$(X,{\it\sigma})$of low word complexity. In particular, we prove that$\text{Aut}(X,{\it\sigma})$is virtually$\mathbb{Z}$for aperiodic minimal subshifts and certain transitive subshifts with non-superlinear complexity. More precisely, the quotient of this group relative to the one generated by the shift map is a finite group. In addition, we show that any finite group can be obtained in this way. The class considered includes minimal subshifts induced by substitutions, linearly recurrent subshifts and even some subshifts which simultaneously exhibit non-superlinear and superpolynomial complexity along different subsequences. The main technique in this article relies on the study of classical relations among points used in topological dynamics, in particular, asymptotic pairs. Various examples that illustrate the technique developed in this article are provided. In particular, we prove that the group of automorphisms of a$d$-step nilsystem is nilpotent of order$d$and from there we produce minimal subshifts of arbitrarily large polynomial complexity whose automorphism groups are also virtually$\mathbb{Z}$.

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