Almost regular involutory automorphisms of uniquely 2-divisible groups

Almost regular involutory automorphisms of uniquely $2$-divisible groups
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 139 (2011), 3445-3450 Request permission

We prove that a uniquely $2$-divisible group that admits an almost regular involutory automorphism is solvable.

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