Groups with few self-centralizing subgroups which are not self-normalizing (Q2177977)

Summary: A self-normalizing subgroup is always self-centralizing, but the converse is not necessarily true. Given a finite group \(G\), we denote by \(w(G)\) the number of all self-centralizing subgroups of \(G\) which are not self-normalizing. We observe that \(w(G) = 0\) if and only if \(G\) is abelian, and that if \(G\) is nonabelian nilpotent then \(w(G)\geq 3\). We also prove that if \(w(G)\leq 20\) then \(G\) is solvable. Finally, we provide structural information in the case when \(w(G)\leq 3\).