11.46 (1990)

Partially Solved

a) Does there exist a finite 3-group $G$ of nilpotency class 3 with the property $[a, a^\varphi] = 1$ for all $a \in G$ and all endomorphisms $\varphi$ of $G$? (See A. Caranti, J. Algebra, 97, no. 1 (1985), 1–13.)
b) Does there exist a finite $p$-group of nilpotency class greater than 2, with $\text{Aut}\,G = \text{Aut}_c\, G \cdot \text{Inn}\,G$, where $\text{Aut}_c\, G$ is the group of central automorphisms of $G$?
c) Does there exist a 2-Engel finite $p$-group $G$ of nilpotency class greater than 2 such that $\text{Aut}\,G = \text{Aut}_c\, G \cdot \text{Inn}\,G$?

Progress

b) Yes, there does (I. Malinowska, Rend. Sem. Mat. Padova, 91 (1994), 265–271).
c) Yes, it does (A. Abdollahi, A. Faghihi, S. A. Linton, E. A. O’Brien, Arch. Math. (Basel), 95, no. 1 (2010), 1–7).

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