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Actions of nilpotent groups on nilpotent groups

Group Theory 2025-04-02 v1

Abstract

For finite nilpotent groups JJ and NN, suppose JJ acts on NN via automorphisms. We exhibit a decomposition of the first cohomology set in terms of the first cohomologies of the Sylow pp-subgroups of JJ that mirrors the primary decomposition of H1(J,N)H^1(J,N) for abelian NN. We then show that if NJN \rtimes J acts on some non-empty set Ω\Omega, where the action of NN is transitive and for each prime pp a Sylow pp-subgroup of JJ fixes an element of Ω\Omega, then JJ fixes an element of Ω\Omega.

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@article{arxiv.2501.16941,
  title  = {Actions of nilpotent groups on nilpotent groups},
  author = {Michael C. Burkhart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.16941},
  year   = {2025}
}
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