A class of generalized supersoluble groups. (Q558354)

The authors continue their investigation of the class \(\overline{c\mathcal L}\) of radical locally finite groups with min-\(p\) for all primes \(p\). If \(G\) is a group and \(H,K\) are normal subgroups of \(G\) with \(K\leq H\) then \(H/K\) is called a \(\delta\)-chief factor of \(G\) if either \(H/K\) is a minimal normal subgroup of \(G/K\) or if \(H/K\) has no proper infinite \(G\)-invariant subgroups. If \(G\in\overline{c\mathcal L}\) then \(G\) is a \(\mathcal U^*\)-group if every \(\delta\)-chief factor of \(G\) is either a cyclic group of prime order or a quasicyclic group. Clearly finite \(\mathcal U^*\)-groups are supersoluble and the authors show that \(\mathcal U^*\) is strictly intermediate between the classes of supersoluble groups and hypercyclic groups. They prove many nice results concerning the class \(\mathcal U^*\). For example (Theorem 2) asserts that the class \(\mathcal U^*\) is a subgroup closed formation. The authors give a number of nice examples to illustrate their results and their limitations.