Solvable groups with at most four prime divisors in the element orders (Q1895607)

In this technical paper, the author continues his study of the influence that restricting the number of distinct prime divisors of the orders of the elements in a finite solvable group \(G\) has on the order of \(G\). In [J. Algebra 170, 625-648 (1994; Zbl 0816.20022)], he proved that if \(G\) is a finite solvable group in which all elements have orders divisible by at most four different primes, then the maximal number of prime divisors of the order of \(G\) is either 12 or 13. In the paper under review, a long proof (based on a careful analysis of the actions of Sylow \(p\)-subgroups in complicated configurations arising if one assumes that the ``13 case'' may occur) is given to the statement that under the given hypothesis the maximal number of distinct prime divisors of the order of \(G\) is equal to 12.