Engel-type subgroups and length parameters of finite groups
Engel-type subgroups and length parameters of finite groups
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有限群的恩格尔型子群和长度参数
DOI:
10.1017/s1446788719000181
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发表时间:
2015
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1
通讯作者:
G. Traustason
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作者:
Evgeny Khukhro;P. Shumyatsky;G. Traustason
Let g be an element of a finite group G. For a positive integer n, let En(g) be the subgroup generated by all commutators [...[[x, g], g],..., g] over x ∈ G, where g is repeated n times. By Baer’s theorem, if En(g) = 1, then g belongs to the Fitting subgroup F(G). We generalize this theorem in terms of certain length parameters of En(g). For soluble G we prove that if, for some n, the Fitting height of En(g) is equal to k, then g belongs to the (k+1)th Fitting subgroup Fk+1(G). For nonsoluble G the results are in terms of nonsoluble length and generalized Fitting height. The generalized Fitting height h*(H) of a finite group H is the least number h such that Fh* (H) = H, where F0* (H) = 1, and Fi+1(H)* is the inverse image of the generalized Fitting subgroup F*(H/F*i (H)). Let m be the number of prime factors of |g| counting multiplicities. It is proved that if, for some n, the generalized Fitting height of En(g) is equal to k, then g belongs to F*f(k,m)(G), where f(k, m) depends only on k and m. The nonsoluble length λ(H) of a finite group H is defined as the minimum number of nonsoluble factors in a normal series each of whose factors either is soluble or is a direct product of nonabelian simple groups. It is proved that if λ(En(g)) = k, then g belongs to a normal subgroup whose nonsoluble length is bounded in terms of k and m. We also state conjectures of stronger results independent of m and show that these conjectures reduce to a certain question about automorphisms of direct products of finite simple groups.