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2025/107/1-2 (5) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2025.9948 — pp. 107-114

The size of the class 2 residual in finite groups

Authors: Lü Gong Orcid.org link for Lü Gong, Ziru Jing Orcid.org link for Ziru Jing and Baojun Li Orcid.org link for Baojun Li

Abstract:

Let $G^c$ be the class 2 residual of a finite group $G$. In this paper, it is proved that $|G:Z(G)|<|G^{c}|^2$ if $G$ is a finite non-abelian group with $\Phi(G)=1$.

Keywords: finite group, commutator subgroup, nilpotent residual, class 2 residual, Fitting subgroup

Mathematics Subject Classification: 20D10, 20D20