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We prove that every group with nilpotent commutant, having an abelian normal subgroup such that the factor by this subgroup is nilpotent, is preorderable if and only if the group is Γ-torsion-free. An example is exhibited of a nonorderable Γ-torsion-free group with two-step nilpotent radical. This example demonstrates that for the variety of groups with nilpotent commutant the absence of Γ-torsion in a group is not a sufficient condition for orderability.
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Bludov, V.V., Lapshina, E.S. On Ordering the Groups with Nilpotent Commutant. Siberian Mathematical Journal 44, 405–410 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023852428807
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023852428807