Abstract
The investigation of finite groups classifying as “extreme” according to certain quantitative conditions has a long history. The aim of this paper is to classify the pairs (G, α) where G is a finite group and α is an automorphism of G with a cycle of length greater than . In particular, it is shown that every finite group G having such an automorphism is abelian.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author would like to thank Peter Hellekalek, Harald Niederreiter, Alina Ostafe, and Igor Shparlinksi for their many helpful comments.