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Extensions of finite nilpotent groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2009
Abstract
If G is a finite group and P is a group-theoretic property, G will be called P-max-core if for every maximal subgroup M of G, M/MG has property P where MG = ∩ is the core of M in G. In a joint paper with John D. Dixon and A.H. Rhemtulla, we showed that if p is an odd prime and G is (p-nilpotent)-max-core, then G is p-solvable, and then using the techniques of the theory of solvable groups, we characterized nilpotent-max-core groups as finite nilpotent-by-nilpotent groups. The proof of the first result used John G. Thompson's p-nilpotency criterion and hence required p > 2. In this paper I show that supersolvable-max-core groups (and hence (2-nilpotent)-max-core groups) need not be 2-solvable (that is, solvable). Also I generalize the second result, among others, and characterize (p-nilpotent)-max-core groups (for p an odd prime) as finite nilpotent-by-(p-nilpotent) groups.
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