TITLE: on the commutator subgroup of a special group
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Let $G'$ be the commutator subgroup of a group $G$ and $G^*=\langle g^{-1}\alpha(g)\mid g\in G, \alpha\in Aut(G)\rangle$.
We know that always $G'\leq G^*$.
It is clear that if $Inn(G)=Aut(G)$, then $G'=G^*$. 
Also if $G$ is a non abelian simple group or perfect group, then  $G'=G^*=G$.
Now do there exist a group such that  $Inn(G)\neq Aut(G)$ and $G'=G^*\neq G$?
Thank you

REPLY [5 votes]: Serkan's answer is part of a more general family and a more general idea.
The more general idea is to include non-inner automorphisms that create no new subgroup fusion. The easiest way to do this is with power automorphisms, and the simplest examples of those are automorphisms that raise a single generator to a power.
The more general family is parameterized by pairs $(n,d)$ where $n$ is a positive integer and $1 \neq d \neq n-1$, but $d$ divides $n-1$. Let $A=\operatorname{AGL}(1,\newcommand{\znz}{\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}}\znz)$ consist of the affine transformations of the line over $\znz$. The derived subgroup $D=A'$ consists of the translations. Choose some element $\zeta$ of multiplicative order $d$ mod $n$, and let $G$ be the subgroup generated by multiplication by $\zeta$ and by the translations. Explicitly:
$$\begin{array}{rcl}
A &=& \left\{ \begin{bmatrix} \alpha & \beta \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} : \alpha \in \znz^\times, \beta \in \znz \right\} \\
D &=& \left\{ \begin{bmatrix} 1 & \beta \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} : \beta \in \znz \right\} \\
G &=& \left\{ \begin{bmatrix} \zeta^i & \beta \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} : 0 \leq i < d, \beta \in \znz \right\} \\
\end{array}$$
For example, take $n=5$ and $d=2$, to get $D$ is a cyclic group of order 5, $G$ is dihedral of order 10, and $A$ is isomorphic to the normalizer of a Sylow 5-subgroup ($D$) in $S_5$.
Notice that $Z(G)=1$ since $d\neq 1$, so $G \cong \operatorname{Inn}(G)$. We'll show $A \cong \operatorname{Aut}(G)$ so that $D=G'=G^*$ as requested. Since $d \neq n-1$, $A \neq G$.
Notice that $D=G'$ (not just $D=A'$) so $D$ is characteristic in $G$, so automorphisms of $G$ restrict to automorphisms of the cyclic group $D$. Let $f$ be an automorphism of $G$, and choose $\beta, \bar\alpha, \bar\beta \in \znz$ so that
$$\begin{array}{rcl}
f\left( \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \right) 
&=& \begin{bmatrix} 1 & \beta \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \\
f\left( \begin{bmatrix} \zeta & 0 \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \right) 
&=& \begin{bmatrix} \bar\alpha & \bar\beta \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
\end{array}$$
Notice that $f$ is determined by these numbers since $G$ is generated by those two matrices, and that $\beta, \bar\alpha \in \znz^\times$. Now
$$
\begin{bmatrix} \zeta & 0 \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \cdot 
\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \cdot
{\begin{bmatrix} \zeta & 0 \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}}^{-1}
= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & \zeta \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
so applying $f$ we get
$$
\begin{bmatrix} 1 & \bar\alpha\cdot\beta \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
=
\begin{bmatrix} \bar\alpha & \bar\beta \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \cdot 
\begin{bmatrix} 1 & \beta \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \cdot
{\begin{bmatrix} \bar\alpha & \bar\beta \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}}^{-1}
= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & \zeta\cdot\beta \\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
hence $\bar\alpha \beta = \zeta\beta$ and since $\beta \in \znz^\times$ (lest $D \cap \ker(f) \neq 1$), we get $\bar\alpha=\zeta$. Hence every automorphism of $G$ is conjugation by an element of $A$, namely $$\bar f = \begin{bmatrix} 1/\beta & \bar\beta/(\beta(\zeta-1)) \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \in A. $$