[Roughly speaking, the following question considers a special setting in which we want to prove a property in the form of $ord(g \sigma)\ |\ p^k$.]
The Problem in Detail:
Let $G$ be a finite group, and $H \leq G$ any subgroup with order $|H|=p^k$ (where $p$ is a prime, and $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Note that $H$ may not be a Sylow $p$-subgroup). Let $g \notin H$ be an element in $G$ s.t. $ord(g)\ |\ p^k $; and $\sigma\in G$ be s.t. for every integer $n$ we have $g^n \sigma g^{-n} \in H$. We claim that $ord(g \sigma)\ |\ p^k$.
(Edit: The previous claim is $ord(g) = ord(g \sigma)$, which is wrong due to the counterexample provided by @jpvee.)
My Attempts:
I can virtually do nothing other than expanding $(g \sigma)^l$, which does not contribute much.
I am quite confused on how to even start out the first step properly.
Can anyone please give me some hints on how I should proceed?
Thank you very much for your help!
:)
I have found a reference for proving this claim. My claim is in fact a weaker version of the first lemma given in the article "On A Theorem of Frobenius" by Richard Brauer in 1969.
Since the proof is clearly presented in the original article (which can be easily accessed). I would not copy it down here :)