From Thompson to Baer–suzuki: a Sharp Characterization of the Solvable Radical
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چکیده
We prove that an element g of prime order > 3 belongs to the solvable radical R(G) of a finite (or, more generally, a linear) group if and only if for every x ∈ G the subgroup generated by g, xgx is solvable. This theorem implies that a finite (or a linear) group G is solvable if and only if in each conjugacy class of G every two elements generate a solvable subgroup.
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