On bounds for the \(p\)-length of finite \(p\)-soluble groups (Q314635)

This work is inspired by the authors' concurrent joint paper with \textit{R. Esteban-Romero} [Isr. J. Math. 204, 359--371 (2014: Zbl 1317.20012)] and by the main result in [\textit{E. I. Khukhro}, Int. J. Group Theory 1, No. 2, 51--57 (2012; Zbl 1262.20015)], in which certain bounds for the \(p\)-length of a finite soluble group were obtained from the embedding of the minimal \(p\)-subgroups. In the paper under review, the authors obtain bounds for the \(p\)-length of a finite \(p\)-soluble group \(G\) whose elements of order \(p\) or order 4 (if \(p=2\)) of a Sylow \(p\)-subgroup of a residual subgroup of \(G\) are contained in the \(k\)-th term of the upper central series of a Sylow \(p\)-subgroup of \(G\). This new approach allows the authors to retrieve the main results of the aforementioned papers.