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Outer Automorphism Group


A particular type of automorphism group which exists only for groups. For a group G, the outer automorphism group is the quotient group Aut(G)/Inn(G), which is the automorphism group of G modulo its inner automorphism group.


See also

Automorphism Group, Inner Automorphism Group, Quotient Group

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Outer Automorphism Group." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/OuterAutomorphismGroup.html

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