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Nilpotent and semi-n-abelian groups

Part of: Representation theory of groups Structure and classification of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

G. Kowol
G. Kowol
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

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A group G is called semi-n-abelian, if for every g ∈ G there exists at least one a(g) ∈ G-which depends only on g-such that (gh)n = a-1(g)gnhna(g) for all h ∈ G; a group G is called n-abelian, if a(g) = e for all g ∈ G. According to Durbin the following holds for n-abelian groups: If G is n-abelian for at lesast 3 consecutive integers, then G in n-abelian for all integers and these groups are exactly the abelian groups. In this paper this problem is generalized to the semi-n-abelian case: If a finite group G is semi-n-abelian for at least 4 consecutive integers then G is semi-n-abelian for all integers and these groups are exactly the nilpotent groups, where the Sylow-2-subgroup is abelian, the Sylow-3-subgroup is any element of the Levi-variety ([[g, h], h] = e ∀ g, h ∈ G) and the Sylow-p-subgroup (p < 3) is of class <2. As a consequence we get a description of all finite (3-)groups, which are elements of the Levi-variety.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20D15: Nilpotent groups, $p$-groups 20E10: Quasivarieties and varieties of groups
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , October 1981 , pp. 262 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1981

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