P-group not implies nilpotent

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This article gives the statement and possibly, proof, of a non-implication relation between two group properties. That is, it states that every group satisfying the first group property (i.e., p-group) need not satisfy the second group property (i.e., nilpotent group)
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Statement

A p-group (i.e., a possibly infinite group in which the order of every element is the power of a fixed prime p) need not be nilpotent.

Related facts

Proof

McLain's example

For the given prime p, let H be the quasicyclic group for p; concretely, H is the group of (pn)th roots of unity in C for all nonnegative integers n. Clearly, H is a p-group.

Let G be the wreath product of the cyclic group of prime order with H having the left regular action. Equivalently, G is the semidirect product of the additive group of the group ring Fp[H] by H acting via left multiplication. We claim the following:

  1. G is a p-group: G is a semidirect product of two p-groups. In particular, it is the extension of one p-group (the additive group of the group ring) by another (the multiplicative group of the group ring); hence it is a p-group.
  • G is a metabelian group: The solvable length of G is two. In fact, the additive group Fp[H] is an Abelian normal subgroup of G with Abelian quotient.
  • G is centerless: This is clear by inspection.

Tarski's examples

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