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Automorphisms of metacyclic groups

Group Theory 2024-02-27 v4

Abstract

A metacyclic group HH can be presented as α,βαn=1, βm=αt, βαβ1=αr\langle \alpha,\beta\mid \alpha^{n}=1, \ \beta^{m}=\alpha^{t}, \ \beta\alpha\beta^{-1}=\alpha^{r}\rangle for some n,m,t,rn,m,t,r. Each endomorphism σ\sigma of HH is determined by σ(α)=αx1βy1,σ(β)=αx2βy2\sigma(\alpha)=\alpha^{x_{1}}\beta^{y_{1}}, \sigma(\beta)=\alpha^{x_{2}}\beta^{y_{2}} for some integers x1,x2,y1,y2x_{1},x_{2},y_{1},y_{2}. We give sufficient and necessary conditions on x1,x2,y1,y2x_{1},x_{2},y_{1},y_{2} for σ\sigma to be an automorphism.

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@article{arxiv.1506.02234,
  title  = {Automorphisms of metacyclic groups},
  author = {Haimiao Chen and Yueshan Xiong and Zhongjian Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.02234},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

12 pages, accepted by Czech. Math. J

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