ON GENERATING A FINITE-GROUP BY NILPOTENT SUBGROUPS

Authors
COSSEY J HAWKES T
Citation
J. Cossey et T. Hawkes, ON GENERATING A FINITE-GROUP BY NILPOTENT SUBGROUPS, Journal of pure and applied algebra, 97(3), 1994, pp. 275-280
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, Pure",Mathematics,Mathematics,Mathematics
Journal title
Journal of pure and applied algebra → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224049
Volume
97
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
275 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4049(1994)97:3<275:OGAFBN>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We answer a question due to Babai and Goodman by showing that for each natural number n there exists a finite soluble group which can be gen erated by n, but not fewer than n, nilpotent subgroups.