Hyper-(Abelian-by-finite) groups with many subgroups of finite depth. (Q2464583)

A group has finite depth if its lower central series stabilizes after a finite number of steps. The authors prove that a finitely generated hyper-(Abelian-by-finite) group \(G\) is finite-by-nilpotent if and only if every of its infinite subsets contains two distinct elements \(x\) and \(y\) such that the subgroup generated by \(x\) and \(x^y\) has finite depth. They also prove a similar result with the condition that the subgroup generated by \(x\) and \(x^y\) is a min-\(n\)-by-Engel group.