Solvable and \(\ell\)-solvable \(\ell\)-groups (Q795855)

Let A be the variety of abelian lattice-ordered groups and \(A^ n\) the product variety obtained from A \((n=2,3,...)\). This variety is shown to be strictly contained in the variety of all lattice-ordered groups which are soluble of length at most n (\(n\geq 2)\). This is clear - take \(G=\prod^{{\vec \infty}}_{n=1}H\) with H any linearly ordered group of soluble length n. The paper concludes with three unsolved questions. The answer to no.1 is yes since any free group is residually nilpotent (and hence residually soluble). In his talk at Luminy, France in June 1982, V. M. Kopytov stated that S. A. Gurchenkov had proved \(L_ p\subseteq A^ 2\) for all primes p (no. 3). Question no.2 remains open.