Let S be a finite set of powers of p containing 1. It is known that for some choices of S, if P is a finite p-group whose set of character degrees is S, then the nilpotence class of P is bounded by some integer that depends on S, while for some other choices of S such an integer does not exist. The sets of the first type are called class bounding sets. The problem of determining the class bound...

We provide explicit formulas for the number of ad-nilpotent ideals of a Borel subalgebra of a complex simple Lie algebra having fixed class of nilpotence.

let $mathfrak{f}$ be a formation and $g$ a finite group. a subgroup $h$ of $g$ is said to be weakly $mathfrak{f}_{s}$-quasinormal in $g$ if $g$ has an $s$-quasinormal subgroup $t$ such that $ht$ is $s$-quasinormal in $g$ and $(hcap t)h_{g}/h_{g}leq z_{mathfrak{f}}(g/h_{g})$, where $z_{mathfrak{f}}(g/h_{g})$ denotes the $mathfrak{f}$-hypercenter of $g/h_{g}$. in this paper, we study the structur...

If N is a submodule of the R-module M , and a ∈ R, let λa : M/N → M/N be multiplication by a. We say that N is a primary submodule of M if N is proper and for every a, λa is either injective or nilpotent. Injectivity means that for all x ∈ M , we have ax ∈ N ⇒ x ∈ N . Nilpotence means that for some positive integer n, aM ⊆ N , that is, a belongs to the annihilator of M/N , denoted by ann(M/N). ...

the theorem 12 in [a note on $p$-nilpotence and solvability of finite groups, j. algebra 321(2009) 1555--1560.] investigated the non-abelian simple groups in which some maximal subgroups have primes indice. in this note we show that this result can be applied to prove that the finite groups in which every non-nilpotent maximal subgroup has prime index aresolvable.

We consider equational uniication and matching problems where the equational theory contains a nilpotent function, i.e., a function f satisfying f(x;x) = 0 where 0 is a constant. Nilpotent matching and uniication are shown to be NP-complete. In the presence of associativity and commutativity, the problems still remain NP-complete. But when 0 is also assumed to be the unity for the function f, t...

An ideal I of a ring A is essentially nilpotent if I contains a nilpotent ideal N of A such that J 91N # 0 whenever J is a nonzero ideal of A contained in I. We show that each ring A has a unique largest essentially nilpotent ideal EN(A). We study the properties of EN(A) and, in particular, we investigate how this ideal behaves with respect to related rings.