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arxiv: 1809.02733 · v1 · pith:7MKFRLN4new · submitted 2018-09-08 · 🧮 math.GR

Engel sinks of fixed points in finite groups

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For an element $g$ of a group $G$, an Engel sink is a subset $\mathscr{E}(g)$ such that for every $ x\in G $ all sufficiently long commutators $ [x,g,g,\ldots,g] $ belong to $\mathscr{E}(g)$. Let $q$ be a prime, let $m$ be a positive integer and $A$ an elementary abelian group of order $q^2$ acting coprimely on a finite group $G$. We show that if for each nontrivial element $a$ in $ A$ and every element $g\in C_{G}(a)$ the cardinality of the smallest Engel sink $\mathscr{E}(g)$ is at most $m$, then the order of $\gamma_\infty(G)$ is bounded in terms of $m$ only. Moreover we prove that if for each $a\in A\setminus \{1\}$ and every element $g\in C_{G}(a)$, the smallest Engel sink $\mathscr{E}(g)$ generates a subgroup of rank at most $m$, then the rank of $\gamma_\infty(G)$ is bounded in terms of $m$ and $q$ only.

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