Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Inner automorphism
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Types of groups=== The inner automorphism group of a group {{mvar|G}}, {{math|Inn(''G'')}}, is trivial (i.e., consists only of the [[identity element]]) [[if and only if]] {{mvar|G}} is [[abelian group|abelian]]. The group {{math|Inn(''G'')}} is [[cyclic group|cyclic]] only when it is trivial. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the inner automorphisms may exhaust the entire automorphism group; a group whose automorphisms are all inner and whose center is trivial is called [[complete group|complete]]. This is the case for all of the symmetric groups on {{mvar|n}} elements when {{mvar|n}} is not 2 or 6. When {{math|''n'' {{=}} 6}}, the [[symmetric group]] has a unique non-trivial class of non-inner automorphisms, and when {{math|''n'' {{=}} 2}}, the symmetric group, despite having no non-inner automorphisms, is abelian, giving a non-trivial center, disqualifying it from being complete. If the inner automorphism group of a [[perfect group]] {{mvar|G}} is simple, then {{mvar|G}} is called [[quasisimple group|quasisimple]].
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)