On generalizations of Iwasawa's theorem

Abstract

Iwasawa's theorem indicates that a finite group $G$ is supersolvable if and only if all maximal chains of the identity in $G$ have the same length. As generalizations of Iwasawa's theorem, we provide some characterizations of the structure of a finite group $G$ in which all maximal chains of every minimal subgroup have the same length. Moreover, let $\delta (G)$ be the number of subgroups of $G$ all of whose maximal chains in $G$ do not have the same length, we prove that $G$ is a non-solvable group with $\delta (G)\le 16$ if and only if $G\cong A_5$.