Coprime action and arithmetical conditions on invariant conjugacy classes

Abstract

Let A and G be finite groups and suppose that A acts coprimely on G via automorphisms. We show that if 4 divides no A-invariant conjugacy class size of G, then G is solvable. We also characterize the A-invariant structure of G under certain arithmetical conditions on the set of A-invariant class sizes of G by means of the fixed point subgroup, some of which imply the solvability of G. Thus, we extend, for coprime action, several results appeared in the literature on class sizes.