Finite metacyclic groups acting on bordered surfaces

Pairwise‎ ‎non-commuting elements in finite metacyclic $2$-groups and some finite $p$-groups

Let $G$ be a finite group‎. ‎A subset $X$ of $G$ is a set of pairwise non-commuting elements‎ ‎if any two distinct elements of $X$ do not commute‎. ‎In this paper‎ ‎we determine the maximum size of these subsets in any finite‎ ‎non-abelian metacyclic $2$-group and in any finite non-abelian $p$-group with an abelian maximal subgroup‎.

FINITE GROUPS ACTING ON HOMOLOGY MANIFOLDSMichael

To the memory of Olga Taussky-Todd

Hilbert Functions of Finite Group Orbits: Abelian and Metacyclic Groups

This thesis is concerned with Hilbert functions of ideals of finite group orbits, focusing in particular on abelian and metacyclic groups. Conjecture 16 in Section 4 characterizes the Hilbert functions that arise from two-dimensional representations of certain abelian groups, and a proof of the necessity of its conditions is provided. In Section 6, Proposition 18 gives a bound for the Hilbert f...

Fixed Points of Finite Groups Acting on Generalised Thompson Groups

We study centralisers of finite order automorphisms of the generalised Thompson groups Fn,∞ and conjugacy classes of finite subgroups in finite extensions of Fn,∞. In particular we show that centralisers of finite automorphisms in Fn,∞ are either of type FP∞ or not finitely generated. As an application we deduce the following result about the Bredon type of such finite extensions: any finite ex...

Finite Groups Acting on Surfaces as Rigid Motions of Euclidean Space