{"title":"The finite groups with three automorphism orbits","authors":"Cai Heng Li, Yan Zhou Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jalgebra.2025.04.028","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A complete classification is given of finite groups whose elements are partitioned into three orbits by the automorphism groups, solving the long-standing classification problem initiated by G. Higman in 1963. As a consequence, a classification is obtained for finite permutation groups of rank 3 which are holomorphs of groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Algebra","volume":"678 ","pages":"Pages 677-705"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Algebra","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021869325002467","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A complete classification is given of finite groups whose elements are partitioned into three orbits by the automorphism groups, solving the long-standing classification problem initiated by G. Higman in 1963. As a consequence, a classification is obtained for finite permutation groups of rank 3 which are holomorphs of groups.
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