Groups with finitely many derived subgroups of non-normal subgroups

A group is called metahamiltonian if all its non-abelian subgroups are normal; it is known that locally soluble metahamiltonian groups have finite derived subgroup. This result is generalized here, by proving that every locally graded group with finitely many derived subgroups of non-normal subgroups has finite derived subgroup. Moreover, locally graded groups having only finitely many derived subgroups of infinite non-normal subgroups are completely described. Received: 25 April 2005