On a problem from the Kourovka Notebook

Abstract

In this manuscript, a solution to Problem 18.91(b) in the Kourovka Notebook is given by proving the following theorem. Let $P$ be a Sylow $p$-subgroup of a group $G$ with $|P| = p^n$. Suppose that there is an integer $k$ such that $1 < k < n$ and every subgroup of $P$ of order $p^k$ is $S$-propermutable in $G$, and also, in the case that $p=2$, $k = 1$ and $P$ is non-abelian, every cyclic subgroup of $P$ of order $4$ is $S$-propermutable in $G$. Then $G$ is $p$-nilpotent.