Left 3-Engel elements in groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2003.10.007MaRDI QIDQ1428093zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alireza Abdollahi

Publication date 14 March 2004

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0212332

zbMATH Keywords

Baer radicalHirsch-Plotkin radicalleft 3-Engel elementsnilpotent subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Engel conditions (20F45)

Abstract: In this paper we study left 3-Engel elements in groups. In particular, we prove that for any prime $p$ and any left 3-Engel element $x$ of finite $p$-power order in a group $G$, $x^p$ is in the Baer radical of $G$. Also it is proved that $<x,y>$ is nilpotent of class 4 for every two left 3-Engel elements in a group $G$.

Review text

The author proves some properties for the set of left 3-Engel elements in a group. This set \(L_3(G)\) consists of the elements \(x\) in a group \(G\) satisfying the commutator law \([g,x,x,x]=1\) for all \(g\in G\). Equivalently, \(x\in L_3(G)\) if and only if every pair of conjugates \(x^h,x^g\) of \(x\) always generates a nilpotent group of class at most 2. The main results are the following: Theorem 1.1: Let \(G\) be a group and \(p\) a prime. Let \(x\in L_3(G)\) have order \(p^n\), for some \(n>1\). Then the normal closure \(N\) of \(x^p\) is soluble of derived length at most \(n-1\) and \(x^p\in B(G)\), where \(B(G)\) is the Baer-radical of \(G\). Theorem 1.2: For any \(a,b\in L_3(G)\), the group generated by \(a\) and \(b\) is nilpotent of class at most 4.

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