Actions of nilpotent groups on nilpotent groups

Abstract For finite nilpotent groups $J$ and $N$ , suppose $J$ acts on $N$ via automorphisms. We exhibit a decomposition of the first cohomology set in terms of the first cohomologies of the Sylow $p$ -subgroups of $J$ that mirrors the primary decomposition of $H^1(J,N)$ for abelian $N$ . We then show that if $N \rtimes J$ acts on some non-empty set $\Omega$ , where the action of $N$ is transitive and for each prime $p$ a Sylow $p$ -subgroup of $J$ fixes an element of $\Omega$ , then $J$ fixes an element of $\Omega$ .