Class-preserving automorphism

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Origin

Origin of the concept

The concept of class-preserving automorphism first took explicit shape when it was observed that there are automorphisms of groups that take each element to within its conjugacy class but are not inner. That is because there may not be a single element that serves uniformly as a conjugating candidate.

Definition

Symbol-free definition

An automorphism of a group is termed a class-preserving automorphism or class automorphism if it takes each element to within its conjugacy class.

Definition with symbols

An automorphism $\sigma$ of a group $G$ is termed a class automorphism or class-preserving automorphism if for every $g$ in $G$, there exists an element $h$ such that $\sigma (g)=hgh^{-1}$. The choice of $h$ may depend on $g$.

Relation with other properties

Stronger properties

• Inner automorphism: For proof of the implication, refer Inner implies class-preserving and for proof of its strictness (i.e. the reverse implication being false) refer Class-preserving not implies inner.

Weaker properties

• IA-automorphism: For proof of the implication, refer Class-preserving implies IA and for proof of its strictness (i.e. the reverse implication being false) refer IA not implies class-preserving.
• Normal automorphism: For proof of the implication, refer Class-preserving implies normal and for proof of its strictness (i.e. the reverse implication being false) refer Normal not implies class-preserving.
• Center-fixing automorphism: For proof of the implication, refer Class-preserving implies center-fixing and for proof of its strictness (i.e. the reverse implication being false) refer Center-fixing not implies class-preserving.

Related properties

• Subgroup-conjugating automorphism: Further information: Class-preserving not implies subgroup-conjugating, Subgroup-conjugating not implies class-preserving

Facts

• Class-preserving automorphism group of finite p-group is p-group

Metaproperties

Group-closedness

This automorphism property is group-closed: it is closed under the group operations on automorphisms (composition, inversion and the identity map). It follows that the subgroup comprising automorphisms with this property, is a normal subgroup of the automorphism group
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Clearly, a product of class automorphisms is a class automorphism, and the inverse of a class automorphism is a class automorphism. Thus, the class automorphisms form a group which sits as a subgroup of the automorphism group. Moreover, this subgroup contains the group of inner automorphisms, and is a normal subgroup inside the automorphism group.

Direct product-closedness

This automorphism property is direct product-closed
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Let $G_{1}$ and $G_{2}$ be groups and $\sigma _{1},\sigma _{2}$ be class automorphisms of $G_{1},G_{2}$ respectively. Then, $\sigma _{1}\times \sigma _{2}$ is a class automorphism of $G_{1}\times G_{2}$.

Here, $\sigma _{1}\times \sigma _{2}$ is the automorphism of $G_{1}\times G_{2}$ that acts as $\sigma _{1}$ on the first coordinate and $\sigma _{2}$ on the second.

References

• On the outer automorphisms of a group by William Burnside, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, ISSN 1460244X (online), ISSN 00246115 (print), Volume 11, (Year 1913): ^{More info}
• Finite groups with class-preserving outer automorphisms by G. E. Wall, Journal of the London Mathematical Society, ISSN 14697750 (online), ISSN 00246107 (print), Page 315 - 320(Year 1947): ^{More info}
• Class-preserving automorphisms of finite groups by Martin Hertweck, Journal of Algebra, Volume 241, Issue 1, 1 July 2001, Pages 1-26^{More info}
• Class-preserving automorphisms of finite p-groups by Manoj K. Yadav, Journal of the London Mathematical Society, 2007, Page 755-772^{More info}

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