OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
A finite group is supersolvable if it has a normal series with cyclic factors. Huppert showed that a finite group is supersolvable iff the index of any maximal subgroup is prime.
LINKS
B. Huppert, Über das Produkt von paarweise vertauschbaren zyklischen Gruppen, Math. Z. 58 (1954).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,nice
AUTHOR
Reiner Martin, Dec 29 2001
STATUS
approved