On groups with a permutational property on commutators of weight \(4\) (Q1127074)

Let \(n\) be an integer \(>1\). Then a group \(G\) is said to have the property \(C_n\) if, whenever \(a\), \(x_1,\ldots,x_n\) are elements of \(G\), there is a permutation \(\sigma\neq 1\) in \(S_n\) such that \([a,x_1,\ldots,x_n]=[a,x_{\sigma(1)},\ldots,x_{\sigma(n)}]\). The author is motivated to study this property by previous work on rewritability of products and commutators in groups. The main result is Theorem: Let \(G\) be a group with \(C_3\) which is periodic and contains no involutions. Then every \(2\)-generator subgroup of \(G\) is metabelian.