A survey of recent results connected with subnormal subgroups

Document Type : Dedicated to Prof. D. J. S. Robinson

Authors

1 Department of‎ ‎Mathematics, University‎ ‎of Alabama‎, Tuscaloosa‎, ‎AL 35487-0350‎, ‎U‎. ‎S‎. ‎A.

2 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica‎, ‎Università degli Studi della Campania ``Luigi Vanvitelli''‎, ‎viale Lincoln 5, Caserta, Italy.

3 Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II‎, ‎Complesso Universitario Monte S‎. ‎Angelo‎, ‎Via Cintia‎, ‎I-80126,Napoli‎, ‎Italy.

Abstract

In this paper we give a brief survey of some highlights from the theory of subnormal subgroups and then reveal some recent extensions of this theory due to the current authors and others.

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