Abstract
LetG be a group and ϕ an automorphism ofG. Two elementsx, y ∈ G are called ϕ-conjugate if there existsg ∈ G such thatx=g −1 yg θ. It is easily verified that the ϕ-conjugation is an equivalence relation; the numberR(ϕ) of ϕ-classes ofG is called the Reidemeister number of the automorphism ϕ.
In this paper we prove that if a polycyclic groupsG admits an automorphism ϕ of ordern such thatR(ϕ)<∞, thenG contains a subgroup of finite index with derived length at most 2n−1.
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