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Path partial groups

Algebraic Topology 2025-05-23 v6 Group Theory

Abstract

It is well known that not every finite group arises as the full automorphism group of some group. Here we show that the situation is dramatically different when considering the category of partial groups, Part{{\mathcal P}art}, as defined by Chermak: given any group HH there exists infinitely many non isomorphic partial groups M{\mathbb M} such that AutPart(M)H\operatorname{Aut}_{{\mathcal P}art}({\mathbb M})\cong H. To prove this result, given any simple undirected graph GG we construct a partial group P(G){\mathbb P}(G), called the path partial group associated to GG, such that AutPart(P(G))AutGraphs(G)\operatorname{Aut}_{{\mathcal P}art}\big({\mathbb P}(G)\big)\cong \operatorname{Aut}_{{\mathcal G}raphs}(G).

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@article{arxiv.2107.14084,
  title  = {Path partial groups},
  author = {Antonio Díaz Ramos and Rémi Molinier and Antonio Viruel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.14084},
  year   = {2025}
}