Automorphism sequences of free nilpotent groups of class two
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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In this paper we prove that the automorphism group A(N) of a free nilpotent group N of class 2 and finite rank n is complete, except when n is 1 or 3. Equivalently, the centre of A(N) is trivial and every automorphism of A(N) is inner, provided n ≠ 1 or 3. When n = 3, A(N) has an our automorphism of order 2, so A(A(N)) is a split extension of A(N) by . In this case, A(A(N)) is complete. These results provide some evidence supporting a conjecture of Gilbert Baumslag that the sequence
becomes periodic if N is a finitely generated nilpotent group.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , March 1976 , pp. 271 - 279
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