A remark on the structure of n-engel groups

Peter G Crosby; Gunnar Traustason

doi:10.1080/00927872.2010.514874

A remark on the structure of n-engel groups

Peter G Crosby, Gunnar Traustason

Department of Mathematical Sciences

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We observe that there exists a positive integer c(n) such that for every locally nilpotent n-Engel group G we have that G/Z_c(n)G) is of n-bounded exponent. This strengthens a result of Burns and Medvedev.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3998-4001
Number of pages	4
Journal	Communications in Algebra
Volume	39
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00927872.2010.514874
Publication status	Published - 2011

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