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I was wondering if it is possible to determine all $n$ such that there exists a group $G$ with odd $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|>1$. The following numbers are some examples that occur in the list:

... and so on.

If the concrete list cannot be given, can we say something about the prime factors? For example, given a set of odd primes $\{p_1,\cdots,p_r\}$, does there exists a group $G$ such that the prime factors of $|G|$ are exactly those $p_1,\cdots,p_r$ and that $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|$ is odd?

Any help/reference appreciated.

Edit: Those even orders are twice the odd orders. If $|G|$ is even and $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|$ is odd, then $G=G_0\times C_2$ with $|G_0|$ odd and $|\operatorname{Aut}(G_0)|$ odd, as stated in this answer. Thanks Dietrich Burde for providing this link in the comments.

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  • We can of course list them , one by one. But whether we can classify those $n$ is another story. – Peter Aug 25 '23 at 08:45
  • @Peter You're right :) I added the word "complete" to the title. – Jianing Song Aug 25 '23 at 08:49
  • There is a post saying when $Aut(G)$ has even order, with some references. I don't think that there is a complete list. Your question has been asked more or less already here, right? – Dietrich Burde Aug 25 '23 at 08:51
  • @DietrichBurde Well, I don't quite think so. I had been aware of these questions and the references listed before posting this question, and I was more interested in finding the possible orders, not a particular example. – Jianing Song Aug 25 '23 at 09:26
  • @DietrichBurde You're right, my fault. But still, I think there is some hope that some criteria on the possible prime factors of such orders could be given. For example, I would be happy to receive an answer like "a group of order $3^r5^s$ can/cannot have an odd number of automorphisms because ${3,5}$ satisfies/does not satisfy a particular criterion". – Jianing Song Aug 25 '23 at 09:58
  • Why not just take a direct product of examples of order $p^5$ with $p$ ranging over any set of odd primes? – Derek Holt Aug 25 '23 at 10:41
  • @DerekHolt You are absolutely correct. How silly I was! – Jianing Song Aug 25 '23 at 15:06

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