Many years ago I found in google the notation "Holomorph of group". It is the semi direct product of $G$ with $Aut(G)$. Why is the term "Holomorph" used here, while it is usually used for complex analytic functions? More information on this object is very appreciated.



Why is this group called "The Holomorph of a group"
I'm not a history expert, but according to Miller, Blichfeldt and Dickson: "Theory and applications of finite groups" (1916), footnote p. 46: "The concept of holomorph was used by many early writers, but the term was introduced by W. Burnside in the first edition of his Theory of Groups, 1897, p. 228."


