Quasinormal Fitting classes of finite groups

Abstract

Let P be the set of all primes, Zn a cyclic group of order n and X wr Zn the regular wreath product of the group X with Zn. A Fitting class F is said to be X-quasinormal (or quasinormal in a class of groups X ) if F ⊆ X, p is a prime, groups G ∈ F and G wr Zp ∈ X, then there exists a natural number m such that G m wr Zp ∈ F. If X is the class of all soluble groups, then F is normal Fitting class. In this paper we generalize the well-known theorem of Blessenohl and Gaschütz in the theory of normal Fitting classes. It is proved, that the intersection of any set of nontrivial X-quasinormal Fitting classes is a nontrivial X-quasinormal Fitting class. In particular, there exists the smallest nontrivial X-quasinormal Fitting class. We confirm a generalized version of the Lockett conjecture (in particular, the Lockett conjecture) about the structure of a Fitting class for the case of X-quasinormal classes, where X is a local Fitting class of partially soluble groups.