December 2009 First-order characterization of the radical of a finite group
John S. Wilson
J. Symbolic Logic 74(4): 1429-1435 (December 2009). DOI: 10.2178/jsl/1254748698

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It is shown that there is a formula σ(g) in the first-order language of group theory with the following property: for every finite group G, the largest soluble normal subgroup of G consists precisely of the elements g of G such that σ(g) holds.

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John S. Wilson. "First-order characterization of the radical of a finite group." J. Symbolic Logic 74 (4) 1429 - 1435, December 2009. https://doi.org/10.2178/jsl/1254748698

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Published: December 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 5 October 2009

zbMATH: 1184.03030
MathSciNet: MR2583827
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2178/jsl/1254748698

Rights: Copyright © 2009 Association for Symbolic Logic

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