Bounds for the generalization of Baer's type theorems (Q6178669)

A well-known theorem of \textit{I. Schur} [J. für Math. 127, 20--50 (1904; JFM 35.0155.01)] claims that if \(G\) is a group and \(G/Z(G)\) is finite then also \(G'=\gamma_{2}(G)\) is finite. Moreover, if \(G\) is a finite \(p\)-group, \textit{J. Wiegold} [Math. Z. 89, 345--347 (1965; Zbl 0134.03002)] showed that if \(|G/Z(G)|=p^{n}\) then \(|G'| \leq p^{\binom{n}{2}}\) (and this bound is achieved). \textit{R. Baer} [Math. Ann. 124, 161-177 (1952; Zbl 0046.02202)] generalized Schur's theorem proving that \(\gamma_{n+1}(G)\) is finite whenever \(G/Z_{n}(G)\) is finite and \textit{G. Ellis} [Arch. Math. 70, No. 2, 89--96 (1998; Zbl 0902.20014)] obtains some bounds on \(|\gamma_{n+1}(G)|\) as a function of \(|G/Z_{n}(G)|\). In [\textit{L. A. Kurdachenko} and \textit{J. Otal}, Cent. Eur. J. Math. 11, No. 10, 1732--1741 (2013; Zbl 1316.20039)], similar statements are proved when the upper hypercenter factor of a locally generalized radical group has finite special rank. In the paper under review, the authors first improve Ellis' bound [loc. cit.] then they extend the results of Kurdachenko and Otal [loc. cit.] for locally generalized radical groups. Moreover, some new upper bounds for the special rank of \(\gamma_{n+1}(G)\) are also given.