Quotient of the group order and the number of conjugacy classes (Q1307045)

For \(G\) a finite group let \(\mu(G)\) be the quotient of the number of elements of \(G\) by the number of conjugacy classes of \(G\). It is shown that if \(G\) is non-Abelian, then \(\mu(G)\geq 8/5\) and \(\mu(G)=8/5\) if and only if \(G\) is the central product of an extraspecial group of order \(8\) and an Abelian group; if \(Z(G)=1\), then \(\mu(G)\geq 2\) and \(\mu(G)=2\) if and only if \(G\cong S_3\) and if \(G\) is non-Abelian simple, then \(\mu(G)\geq 12\) and \(\mu(G)=12\) if and only if \(G\cong A_5\). The proof is based on the classification of the simple groups whose order is divisible by only three different primes.