Abstract
For any integer n ≠ 0,1, a group G is said to be “n-Bell” if it satisfies the identity [x n ,y] = [x,y n ]. It is known that if G is an n-Bell group, then the factor group G/Z 2(G) has finite exponent dividing 12n 5(n − 1)5. In this article we show that this bound can be improved. Moreover, we prove that every n-Bell group is n-nilpotent; consequently, using results of Baer on finite n-nilpotent groups, we give the structure of locally finite n-Bell groups. Finally, we are concerned with locally graded n-Bell groups for special values of n.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author wishes to thank the referee for giving useful suggestions.
Notes
Communicated by M. R. Dixon.