Finite Groups and Lie Rings with an Automorphism of Order 2n

Abstract

AbstractSuppose that a finite groupGadmits an automorphismof order 2nsuch that the fixed-point subgroupof the involutionis nilpotent of classc. Letm=) be the number of fixed points of. It is proved thatGhas a characteristic soluble subgroup of derived length bounded in terms ofn,cwhose index is bounded in terms ofm,n,c. A similar result is also proved for Lie rings.