Finite groups with an almost regular automorphism of order four

Algebra and Logic

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 326-343

  Makarenko, N Yu ^a   Khukhro, E I ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Almost regular automorphism; Centralizer; Characteristic subgroup; Finite group; Hall Higman type theorems; Lie ring; Nilpotency class

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750739790     PISSN: 00025232     EISSN: 15738302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10469-006-0030-7     Document Type: Article

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