
We study the automorphism group of Hall's universal locally finite group $H$. We show that in $Aut(H)$ every subgroup of index $< 2^��$ lies between the pointwise and the setwise stabilizer of a unique finite subgroup $A$ of $H$, and use this to prove that $Aut(H)$ is complete. We further show that $Inn(H)$ is the largest locally finite normal subgroup of $Aut(H)$. Finally, we observe that from the work of [Sh:312] it follows that for every countable locally finite $G$ there exists $G \cong G' \leq H$ such that every $f \in Aut(G')$ extends to an $\hat{f} \in Aut(H)$ in such a way that $f \mapsto \hat{f}$ embeds $Aut(G')$ into $Aut(H)$. In particular, we solve the three open questions of Hickin on $Aut(H)$ from [3], and give a partial answer to Question VI.5 of Kegel and Wehrfritz from [6].
Chains and lattices of subgroups, subnormal subgroups, Periodic groups; locally finite groups, FOS: Mathematics, 20B27, 20F50, Model-theoretic algebra, Automorphism groups of groups, Mathematics - Logic, Infinite automorphism groups, Logic (math.LO)
Chains and lattices of subgroups, subnormal subgroups, Periodic groups; locally finite groups, FOS: Mathematics, 20B27, 20F50, Model-theoretic algebra, Automorphism groups of groups, Mathematics - Logic, Infinite automorphism groups, Logic (math.LO)
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