On the finite groups of supersoluble type. (Q542180)

The authors of this paper study the properties of finite groups in which every Sylow subgroup can be connected to the group by a chain of subgroups with prime indices, the so called widely supersoluble or w-supersoluble groups. These groups form a class of soluble groups which is wider than the class of supersoluble groups. This class is a formation (that is, it is closed under epimorphic images and under subdirect products), is closed under taking subgroups, and is saturated (if \(G/\Phi(G)\) is w-supersoluble, then so is \(G\)). It can be locally described by the local function \(f(p)=(G\in\mathfrak S\mid\text{Syl}(G)\subseteq\mathfrak A(p-1))\). All w-supersoluble groups are Ore dispersive (in other words, they possess a Sylow tower of supersoluble type). Minimal non-w-supersoluble groups are biprimary minimal non-supersoluble groups. Supersoluble groups are characterised as metanilpotent groups whose Sylow subgroups can be connected to the group by a chain of subgroups of prime indices and the smallest normal subgroup \(N\) of \(G\) such that \(G/N\) has Abelian Sylow subgroups (called generalised commutant in the paper) is nilpotent. The authors also study products of normal w-supersoluble groups. They behave like supersoluble groups: they are w-supersoluble when the generalised commutant is nilpotent or the indices of the factors are coprime.