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Finite dinilpotent groups of small derived length
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2009
Abstract
A finite dinilpotent group G is one that can be written as the product of two finite nilpotent groups, A and B say. A finite dinilpotent group is always soluble. If A is abelian and B is metabelian, with |A| and|B| coprime, we show that a bound on the derived length given by Kazarin can be improved. We show that G has derived length at most 3 unless G contains a section with a well defined structure: in particular if G is of odd order, G has derived length at most 3.
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- Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , December 1999 , pp. 318 - 328
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- Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1999
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