The number of conjugacy classes of non-normal subgroups in nilpotent groups

Abstract

Abstract In a recent paper, Rolf Brandi classified all finite groups having exactly one conjugacy class of nonnormal subgroups, and conjectured thatfor a nilpotent group G of nilpotency class c = c(G) the number v(G) = vof conjugacy classes of nonnormal subgroups satisfies the inequality v(G) ≥ c(G) – 1 (with the exception of the Hamiltonian groups, of course). The purpose of this paper is to establish this conjecture and to decide when this inequality is sharp.