Some families of locally graded groups with finitely many orbits under automorphisms

Abstract

In this work, we study three families of locally graded groups with finitely many orbits under automorphisms. We prove that: (i) a residually finite group with finitely many orbits under automorphisms is locally finite and has finite exponent; (ii) a finitely generated locally graded group with finitely many orbits under automorphisms is finite; and (iii) the Mal'cev $\mathbb{Q}$-completion of an $r$-generated free nilpotent group of class $c$ has finitely many orbits under automorphisms if and only if either $r=2$ and $c=3$, or $c\le 2$

Keywords: Locally graded groups, residualy finite groups, Boolean powers, Mal'cev $\mathbb{Q}$-completation, free nilpotent groups