Groups with the weak minimal condition for non-subnormal subgroups

Abstract

Let G be a group with the property that there are no infinite descending chains of non-subnormal subgroups of G for which all successive indices are infinite. The main results are as follows. If G is locally nilpotent then either G is minimax or G has all subgroups subnormal; if G is a Baer group then all subgroups of G are subnormal. It is also proved that a generalised radical group with this property is soluble-by-finite and either is minimax or has all subgroups subnormal.