Let $G$ be a $p$-group of order $p^n$ and $Phi$=$Phi(G)$ be the Frattini subgroup of $G$. It is shown that the nilpotency class of $Autf(G)$, the group of all automorphisms of $G$ centralizing $G/ Fr(G)$, takes the maximum value $n-2$ if and only if $G$ is of maximal class. We also determine the nilpotency class of $Autf(G)$ when $G$ is a finite abelian $p$-group.

In [4], Cameron and Cara showed a relationship between independent generating sets of a group G and RWPri geometries for G. We first notice a connection between such independent generating sets in G and those in the quotient G/Φ(G), where Φ(G) is the Frattini subgroup of G. This suggests a similar connection for RWPri geometries. We prove that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the RW...

All groups considered are finite. Given a group G, the Frattini subgroup of G, Q(G) is defined to be the intersection of all maximal subgroups of G. There has been much interest in generalizing the Frattini subgroup in various ways, and in investigating their influence on the structure of the group (see [3,.5,8,12,13]). These generalizations were done taking into account the following question:...

We discuss the computational complexity of several problems concerning subsets of an algebraic structure that generate the structure. We show that the problem of determining whether a given subset X generates an algebra A is P-complete, while determining the size of the smallest generating set is NP-complete. We also consider several questions related to the Frattini subuniverse, Φ(A), of an al...

let $g$ be a $p$-group of order $p^n$ and $phi$=$phi(g)$ be the frattini subgroup of $g$. it is shown that the nilpotency class of $autf(g)$, the group of all automorphisms of $g$ centralizing $g/ fr(g)$, takes the maximum value $n-2$ if and only if $g$ is of maximal class. we also determine the nilpotency class of $autf(g)$ when $g$ is a finite abelian $p$-group.

Algorithms are constructed which, when an explicit presentation of a finitely generated metabelian group G in the variety si1 is given, produce unitary presentations for the derived subgroup G', the centre Z{G), the Fitting subgroup Fit(G), and the Frattini subgroup <p(G). Additional algorithms of independent interest are developed for commutative algebra which construct the associated set of p...

Let G = A ∗H B be the generalized free product of the groups A and B with the amalgamated subgroup H. Also, let λ(G) and ψ(G) represent the lower near Frattini subgroup of G and the near Frattini subgroup of G respectively. We show that G is ψ−free provided: (i) G is any ordinary free product of groups; (ii) G = A ∗H B and there exists an element c in G\H such thatH ∩H = 1; (iii) G = A ∗H B and...