This monograph presents both classical and recent results in the theory of nilpotent groups and provides a self-contained, comprehensive reference on the topic. While the theorems and proofs included can be found throughout the existing literature, this is the first book to collect them in a single volume. Details omitted from the original sources, along with additional computations and explanations, have been added to foster a stronger understanding of the theory of nilpotent groups and the techniques commonly used to study them. Topics discussed include collection processes, normal forms and embeddings, isolators, extraction of roots, P-localization, dimension subgroups and Lie algebras, decision problems, and nilpotent groups of automorphisms. Requiring only a strong undergraduate or beginning graduate background in algebra, graduate students and researchers in mathematics will find The Theory of Nilpotent Groups to be a valuable resource.

This book is a study of group theoretical properties of two disparate kinds, firstly finiteness conditions or generalizations of finiteness, and secondly generalizations of solubility or nilpotence. Particularly interesting are the groups which possess properties of both types. This volume collects the most important results in the theory, to present them in a compact and accessible form with improved and shortened proofs wherever possible. Readers should have a good basic knowledge of group theory, Abelian groups, and the more familiar parts of commutative algebra and ring theory.