Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let C1 denote the class of all groups with no non-trivial central factors. We prove the following theorem
There exist non-trivial locally solvable C1 groups; but there is no non-trivial locally k-step polynilpotent C1 group for any integer k.
It is well known that a minimal normal subgroup of a locally solvable group is abelian. Thus no non-trivial locally solvable group can be pluperfect - the class of all perfect groups in which every subnormal subgroup is also perfect.