The converse of baer's theorem
  The Baer theorem states that for a group $G$ finiteness of $G/Z_i(G)$ implies finiteness of $\gamma_{i+1}(G)$. In this paper we show that if $G/Z(G)$ is finitely generated then the converse is true. 
Asadollah Faramarzi Salles
math.GR