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On finite soluble groups and the fixed-point groups of automorphisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

J.N. Ward
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
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Abstract

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Let p denote a prime, G a. finite soluble p'-group and A an elementary abelian p-group of operators on G. Suppose that A has order p4 and that if ω ∈ A# then CG(ω) has nilpotent derived group. Then G has nilpotent derived group.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1971

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