Finite Soluble Groups with Permutable Subnormal Subgroups,

A finite group G is said to be a PST-group if every subnormal subgroup of G permutes with every Sylow subgroup of G. We shall discuss the normal structure of soluble PST-groups, mainly defining a local version of this concept. A deep study of the local structure turns out to be crucial for obtaining information about the global property. Moreover, a new approach to soluble PT-groups, i.e., soluble groups in which permutability is a transitive relation, follows naturally from our vision of PST-groups. Our techniques and results provide a unified point of view for T-groups, PT-groups, and PST-groups in the soluble universe, showing that the difference between these classes is quite simply their Sylow structure.