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Minimal non-nilpotent groups as automorphism groups

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Groups are classified whose automorphism group is minimal non-nilpotent.

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The first author wishes to thank the Mathematics Department of Napoli for its warm hospitality for the time of writing this paper.

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Brandl, R., Franciosi, S. & de Giovanni, F. Minimal non-nilpotent groups as automorphism groups. Monatshefte für Mathematik 112, 89–98 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01525796

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