Research-A Classification of Finite Groups with Three Automorphism Orbits

Research

Graduate Student Colloquium

A Classification of Finite Groups with Three Automorphism Orbits

Speaker: Yanzhou Zhu (SUSTech)
Time: Mar 7, 2023, 16:40-17:20
Location: M616, College of Science Bldg.

Abstract:

The automorphism orbits of a group G is the orbits of Aut(G) acting on G. It is well-known that a finite group has exactly two automorphism orbits if and only if G is isomorphic to a finite dimensional space over a fintie field.

In this talk, we give a classification of finite groups with exactly three automorphism orbits. As an ``intermediate product'', we also prove a conjecture posed by Gross in 1976.