On K-ℙ-subnormal subgroups of finite groups

A subgroup H of a group G is said to be K-?-subnormal in G if H can be joined to the group by a chain of subgroups each of which is either normal in the next subgroup or of prime index in it. Properties of K-?-subnormal subgroups are obtained. A class of finite groups whose Sylow p-subgroups are K-?-subnormal in G for every p in a given set of primes is studied. Some products of K-?-subnormal subgroups are investigated.     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>-normal maximal and minimal subgroups of Sylow <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-subgroups of finite groups

A subgroup H of a finite group G is called c-normal in G if there exists a normal subgroup N of G such that G = HN and $H \cap N \leq H_{G} = {\rm core}_{G}(H)$. In this paper, we investigate the class of groups of which every maximal subgroup of its Sylow p-subgroup is c-normal and the class of groups of which some minimal subgroups of its Sylow p-subgroup is c-normal for some prime number p. Some interesting results are obtained and consequently, many known results related to p-nilpotent groups and p-supersolvable groups are generalized.     

Finite groups with generalized subnormal embedding of Sylow subgroups

Given a set π of primes and a hereditary saturated formation F, we study the properties of the class of groups G for which the identity subgroup and all Sylow p-subgroups are F-subnormal (K-F-subnormal) in G for each p in π. We show that such a class is a hereditary saturated formation and find its maximal inner local screen. Some criteria are obtained for the membership of a group in a hereditary saturated formation in terms of its formation subnormal Sylow subgroups.     

Sylow products and the solvable radical

We study products of Sylow subgroups of a finite group G. First we prove that G is solvable if and only if G = P₁ ... P_m for any choice of Sylow p_i-subgroups P_i , where p₁,..., p_m are all of the distinct prime divisors of |G|, and for any ordering of the p_i . Then, for a general finite group G, we show that the intersection of all Sylow products as above is a subgroup of G which is closely related to the solvable radical of G. Received: 18 November 2004     

Finite groups acting 2-transitively on their sylow subgroups

In this paper we have completely determined: (1) all almost simple groups which act 2-transitively on one of their sets of Sylow p-subgroups. (2) all non-abelian simple groups T whose automorphism group acts 2-transitively on one of the sets of Sylow p-subgroups of T. (3) all finite groups which are 2-transitive on all their sets of Sylow subgroups. The first author acknowledges the support of OPR Scholarship of Australia The second author is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Thanks are also due to the Department of Mathematics, the University of Western Australia, where he did his part of this work for its hospitality     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">CAS</Emphasis>-subgroups of finite groups

We introduce a new subgroup embedding property of a finite group called CAS-subgroup. Using this subgroup property, we determine the structure of finite groups with some CAS-subgroups of Sylow subgroups. Our results unify and generalize some recent theorems on solvability, p-nilpotency and supersolvability of finite groups. The authors are supported by NSF of China (10571181) and NSF of Guangxi (0447038).     

On second maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups of finite groups

Finite groups in which the second maximal subgroups of the Sylow p-subgroups, p a fixed prime, cover or avoid the chief factors of some of its chief series are completely classified.     

The influence of $\pi$-quasinormality of some subgroups of a finite group

A subgroup H of G is said to be $\pi$-quasinormal in G if it permute with every Sylow subgroup of G. In this paper, we extend the study on the structure of a finite group under the assumption that some subgroups of G are $\pi$-quasinormal in G. The main result we proved in this paper is the following:Theorem 3.4. Let ${\cal F}$ be a saturated formation containing the supersolvable groups. Suppose that G is a group with a normal subgroup H such that $G/H \in {\cal F}$, and all maximal subgroups of any Sylow subgroup of $F^{*}(H)$ are $\pi$-quasinormal in G, then $G \in {\cal F}$. Received: 10 May 2002     

A generalization of 2-Baer groups

A group in which all cyclic subgroups are 2-subnormal is called a 2-Baer group. The topic of this paper are generalized 2-Baer groups, i.e., groups in which the non-2-subnormal cyclic subgroups generate a proper subgroup of the group. If this subgroup is non-trivial, the group is called a generalized T₂-group. In particular, we provide structure results for such groups, investigate their nilpotency class, and construct examples of finite p-groups which are generalized T₂-groups.     

On the products of ℙ-subnormal subgroups of finite groups

A subgroup H of a finite group G is called ℙ-subnormal in G whenever H either coincides with G or is connected to G by a chain of subgroups of prime indices. If every Sylow subgroup of G is ℙ-subnormal in G then G is called a w-supersoluble group. We obtain some properties of ℙ-subnormal subgroups and the groups that are products of two ℙ-subnormal subgroups, in particular, of ℙ-subnormal w-supersoluble subgroups.     

s-semipermutability and abnormality in finite groups *

A subgroup H of a group G is called s-semipermutable in G if it is permutable with all Sylow p-subgroups of G with (p,∣H∣) for all primes p such that p ∥G ∣. In this pa-per, we investigate the influence of s-semipermutable and abnormal subgroups on the structure of a finite group and classify such finite groups in which every subgroup is either s-semipermutable or abnormal.     

The derived p-length of finite p-soluble groups

The notion of derived p-length of a finite p-soluble group is introduced and its elementary properties are described. New estimates of the derived p-length of a finite p-soluble group are obtained depending on the construction of Sylow p-subgroups.     

On Weakly Factorizable Groups

Groups with complemented subgroups, which are also called completely factorizable groups, were studied by P. Hall, S. N. Chernikov, and N. V. Chernikova (Baeva). For complete factorizability, it is sufficient (Theorem 1) that each proper subgroup have a normal complement in some larger subgroup. A group is said to be weakly factorizable if each of its proper subgroups is complemented in some larger subgroup; the problem of describing finite groups with this property is posed (Question 8.31) in the Kourovka Notebook. Some properties of these groups are considered. The question is studied for Sylow p-subgroups of Chevalley-type groups of characteristic p. The main theorem, Theorem 2, establishes the weak factorizability of the Sylow p-subgroups in the symmetric and alternative groups and in the classical linear groups over fields of characteristic p> 0, excluding the unitary groups of odd dimension > p.     

Recognizing Abelian Sylow Subgroups in Finite Groups

Let p be a prime. We prove that if a finite group G has non-abelian Sylow p-subgroups, and the class size of every p-element in G is coprime to p, then G contains a simple group as a subquotient which exhibits the same property. In addition, we provide a list of all the simple groups and primes such that the Sylow p-subgroups are non-abelian and all p-elements have class size coprime to p.     

On the p-length of some finite p-soluble groups

The main aim of this paper is to give structural information of a finite group of minimal order belonging to a subgroup-closed class of finite groups and whose p-length is greater than 1, p a prime number. Alternative proofs and improvements of recent results about the influence of minimal p-subgroups on the p-nilpotence and p-length of a finite group arise as consequences of our study.     

On the Influence of the Indices of Normalizers of Sylow Subgroups on the Structure of a Finite p-Soluble Group

We study the dependence of the structure of finite p-soluble groups on the indices of normalizers of Sylow subgroups. We obtain estimates for the p-length of these groups, and for small values of indices we find the nilpotent length of a soluble group.     

Class-Preserving Coleman Automorphisms of Finite Groups

 Let G be a finite group whose Sylow 2-subgroups are either cyclic, dihedral, or generalized quaternion. It is shown that a class-preserving automorphism of G of order a power of 2 whose restriction to any Sylow subgroup of G equals the restriction of some inner automorphism of G is necessarily an inner automorphism. Interest in such automorphisms arose from the study of the isomorphism problem for integral group rings, see [6, 7, 13, 14]. Received 30 September 2001; in revised form 10 December 2001     

Characters and Sylow 2-subgroups of maximal class revisited

We give two ways to distinguish from the character table of a finite group G if a Sylow 2-subgroup of G has maximal class. We also characterize finite groups with Sylow 3-subgroups of order 3 in terms of their principal 3-block.