Groups of prime power order. Vol. 3. (Q2390480)

This volume constitutes the third part of the impressive contributions on \(p\)-groups in recent times by the authors; besides that, in this volume one can find 892 so-called Research Problems and Themes, only a few of them are solved. There are 52 sections here and 18 appendices as well. As there is a wealth of totally new results to mention in this book, we state here only a few. In this Volume 3 the following problems are solved, all with full proofs, {\parindent=6mm \begin{itemize}\item[1)]the classification of \(p\)-groups containing only one maximal subgroup which is neither Abelian nor minimal non-Abelian; \item[2)]the classification of groups all of whose nonnormal subgroups are of equal order; \item[3)]the classification of \(p\)-groups all of whose nonnormal subgroups have normalizers of index \(p\); \item[4)]the determination of the number of subgroups of given order in metacyclic \(p\)-groups; \item[5)]the computation of the order of the derived group of a group with subgroup breath 1; \item[6)]the classification of \(p\)-groups all of whose subgroups have derived subgroups of order at most \(p\); \item[7)]the classification of \(p\)-groups \(G\) all of whose maximal Abelian subgroups containing a non-\(G\)-invariant cyclic subgroup of minimal order, say \(p^n\), have order at most \(p^{n+1}\). \end{itemize}} The authors give in addition in the Preface in Volume 3 a list of eighteen results proved on finite \(p\)-groups not existing in other books devoted to finite \(p\)-groups. We mention nine of them here; all eighteen subjects are to be found in Volume 3. {\parindent=6mm \begin{itemize}\item[1)]2-groups of sectional rank 4; \item[2)]\(p\)-groups not being generated by certain minimal non-Abelian subgroups; \item[3)]classification of \(p\)-groups with precisely one maximal subgroup neither being Abelian nor minimal non-Abelian; \item[4)]classification of \(p\)-groups all of whose maximal subgroups have cyclic derived subgroups; \item[5)]\(p\)-groups of breadth 2; \item[6)]groups containing a soft subgroup; \item[7)]the classification of \(p\)-groups all of whose proper subgroups have derived subgroups of order at most \(p\); \item[8)]the description of all possible sets of numbers of generators of maximal subgroups of 2-generator 2-groups; \item[9)]a proof of Schenkman's theorem on the norm of a finite group and a new proof of Baer's theorem on an arbitrary 2-group with non-Abelian norm. \end{itemize}} An essential part in Volume 3 is devoted to the investigation of the influence of minimal non-Abelian subgroups on the structure of a \(p\)-group. As suggested above we were only able to provide the reader of this review with a glimpse at the contents of this Volume 3. The conclusion is that the contents of the three volumes together give an upshot in our knowledge about \(p\)-groups. -- Highly recommendated all this! As to the reviews of Volumes 1 and 2 [see \textit{Y. Berkovich}, Groups of prime power order. Vol. 1. de Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics 46. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter (2008; Zbl 1168.20001) and \textit{Y. Berkovich} and \textit{Z. Janko}, Groups of prime power order. Vol. 2. Expositions in Mathematics 47. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter (2008; Zbl 1168.20002)].