Normally monomial \(p\)-groups. (Q2496844)

Any group in this paper is finite. It is normally monomial (an nM-group), if all its irreducible characters are induced from linear characters of normal subgroups. More general, a group is monomial (an M-group) if all its irreducible characters are induced from linear characters of subgroups. Metablian groups are nM-groups. The study of nM-groups stems from a rather recent date. See for instance \textit{G.-A. How} [Chin. J. Math. 12, 121-127, 199-211 (1984; Zbl 0555.20007, Zbl 0569.20012)]; \textit{T. M. Keller}, \textit{D. Ragin} and \textit{G. T. Tims} [J. Algebra 277, No. 2, 675-688 (2004; Zbl 1080.20008)]; \textit{L. G. Kovács} and \textit{C. R. Leedham-Green} [Q. J. Math., Oxf. II. Ser. 37, 49-54 (1986; Zbl 0595.20019)]; and \textit{A. Mann} [J. Group Theory 2, No. 3, 225-250 (1999; Zbl 0940.20014)]. In this paper bounds on character degrees of nM-groups that are \(p\)-groups are obtained. Among others the following main result is obtained. Theorem 3: Let \(G\) be a \(p\)-group that is an nM-group. Suppose that \(p\) is not equal to an irreducible character degree of \(G\). Then \(\text{cl}(G)\leq s\) and \(\exp([G,G])\leq p^{k-1}\); here \(\text{cl}(G)\) is the nilpotency class of \(G\), \(s\) is the sum of all the pairwise distinct irreducible character degrees of \(G\), \(k\) is the cardinality of the set of all the pairwise distinct irreducible characters of \(G\). Subgroups of an nM-\(p\)-group (that is, a \(p\)-group being an nM-group) need not be nM-groups. A positive result is Proposition 12: Let \(G\) be an nM-\(p\)-group with \(|G/[G,G]|=p^2\). Then all maximal subgroups of \(G\), and the subgroups \([G,G]\) and \(\gamma_3(G)\), are nM-\(p\)-groups. The paper ends with the following Proposition 16 + Corollary 17. Let \(G\) be an nM-\(p\)-group of maximal class. Then all maximal subgroups, all normal subgroups, and all subgroups not contained in \(C_G(\gamma_2(G)/\gamma_4(G))\) are nM-groups.