Point regular groups of automorphisms of generalised quadrangles

Some Remarks on Commuting Fixed Point Free Automorphisms of Groups

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Automorphisms of Regular Wreath Product p-Groups

We present a useful new characterization of the automorphisms of the regular wreath product group P of a finite cyclic p-group by a finite cyclic p-group, for any prime p, and we discuss an application. We also present a short new proof, based on representation theory, for determining the order of the automorphism group Aut P , where P is the regular wreath product of a finite cyclic p-group by...

Groups with regular automorphisms of order four

An automorphism of a group G is called regular if it moves every element of G except the identity. BURNSIDE proved that a finite group G has a regular automorphism of order two if and only if G is an abelian group of odd order, and then the only such automorphism maps every element onto its inverse ([21, p. 230). More recently several authors considered the question: what groups can admit regul...

Compact Generalised Quadrangles with Parameter 1 and Large Group of Automorphisms

Generalised quadrangles with a group of automorphisms acting primitively on points and lines

We show that ifG is a group of automorphisms of a thick finite generalised quadrangleQ acting primitively on both the points and lines of Q, then G is almost simple. Moreover, if G is also flag-transitive then G is of Lie type.