\(p\)-lengths of \(p\)-radical groups are unbounded (Q1335102)

Let \(G\) be a finite group and let \(P\) be a \(p\)-Sylow subgroup of \(G\). Let \(kG\) be the group algebra of \(G\) over an algebraically closed field of characteristic \(p\) and let \(J(kG)\) be the Jacobson radical of \(kG\). \(G\) is known to be \(p\)-radical if and only if \(J(kG) \subseteq J(kP)kG\), and \textit{T. Okuyama} has shown that if \(G\) is \(p\)-radical then \(G\) is \(p\)- solvable [Osaka J. Math. 23, 467-469 (1986; Zbl 0611.20006)]. The question arises as to whether the \(p\)-length of a \(p\)-radical group might be bounded but the author here establishes, by explicit construction, that there exist \(p\)-radical groups of \(p\)-length \(n\) for all \(n \geq 1\).