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Automorphism Orbits of the Group of Unitriangular Matrices

Group Theory 2025-10-13 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a group. The orbits of the natural action of Aut(G)Aut(G) on GG are called the automorphism orbits of GG, and their number is denoted by ω(G)\omega(G). Let F\mathbb{F} be an infinite field, and let UTn(F)UT_n(\mathbb{F}) denote the group of unitriangular matrices over F\mathbb{F}. We show that ω(UTn(F))\omega(UT_n(\mathbb{F})) is finite for n5n \leq 5 and infinite for n6n \geq 6.

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@article{arxiv.2510.09353,
  title  = {Automorphism Orbits of the Group of Unitriangular Matrices},
  author = {Emerson de Melo and Júlia Kato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.09353},
  year   = {2025}
}