A note on finite products of nilpotent groups.

Publication date 29 January 2008

Published in Ricerche di Matematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

derived lengths factorized groups nilpotency classes nilpotent subgroups products of subgroups

Finite solvable groups, theory of formations, Schunck classes, Fitting classes, (pi)-length, ranks (20D10) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15) Series and lattices of subgroups (20D30) Products of subgroups of abstract finite groups (20D40) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60)

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Let \(G=AB\) be a finite group factorized as the product of two nilpotent subgroups \(A\) and \(B\). \textit{H. Wielandt} [Ill. J. Math. 2, 611-618 (1958; Zbl 0084.02904)] and \textit{O. H. Kegel} [Arch. Math. 12, 90-93 (1961; Zbl 0099.01401)] proved that \(G\) is a soluble group. Some years before, Itô had proved that if \(A\) and \(B\) are Abelian then \(G\) is metabelian. The result of Itô yields a natural conjecture: If \(G=AB\) is a finite group factorized as product of two nilpotent subgroups \(A\) and \(B\) of classes \(c_A\) and \(c_B\), respectively, then there exists a function \(f\), depending only on \(c_A\) and \(c_B\) such that the derived length \(d_G\) of \(G\) is bounded by \(f(c_A,c_B)\). For a long time the conjecture \(f(c_A,c_B)=c_A+c_B\) was put. This result is true when the orders of \(A\) and \(B\) are coprime, but in general it is false as \textit{J. Cossey} and \textit{S. Stonehewer} [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 30, No. 3, 247-250 (1998; Zbl 0939.20017)] proved. It is interesting to begin analizing the case in which \(A\) is Abelian. In this paper the author proves that if \(G=AB\), \(A\) Abelian and \(B\) a nilpotent subgroup of class \(c\), then \(d_G\leq 2c\).

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