Orbit sizes under automorphism actions in finite groups
Orbit sizes under automorphism actions in finite groups
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-8693(83)90155-2
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发表时间:
1983-06
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0.9
通讯作者:
T. Yuster
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作者:
T. Yuster
The situation when a finite group H acts by automorphisms on a finite group G has been studied in some detail. One aspect of this situation which has not been much discussed is the following question: What possible sets of orbit sizes can arise under such actions? Certainly the answer will depend on the structures of G and H. In this paper we do not answer this question completely but, by considering a related problem, discover some conditions which must be met by that set of orbit sizes under certain conditions on G and H.Suppose that 7~ is the set of primes involved in (GI and K= O,,(H). If H/K is nilpotent, then Theorem 1.5 asserts that if x EG is in an H orbit of size m and y EG is in an H orbit of size n with (m, n)= 1, then xy is in an H orbit of size mn. This is the main result of the paper. We see that under these conditions on G and H, this result precludes a set of orbit sizes containing integers nz and n with (m, n)= 1 unless the set also includes the integer mFi.