Glasnik Matematicki, Vol. 41, No.1 (2006), 71-76.

FINITE 2-GROUPS G WITH Ω2*(G) METACYCLIC

Zvonimir Janko

Mathematical Institute, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
e-mail: janko@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de

Abstract.   In this paper we classify finite non-metacyclic 2-groups G such that Ω2*(G) (the subgroup generated by all elements of order 4) is metacyclic. However, if G is a finite 2-group such that Ω2(G) (the subgroup generated by all elements of order ≤ 4) is metacyclic, then G is metacyclic.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification.   20D15.

Key words and phrases.   Finite 2-groups, 2-groups of maximal class, metacyclic groups.

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DOI: 10.3336/gm.41.1.07

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