ON FINITE GROUPS WITH EXACTLY SEVEN ELEMENT CENTRALIZERS

For a finite group G, #Cent(G) denotes the number of centralizers of its elements. A group G is called n-centralizer if #Cent(G) = n, and primitive n-centralizer if #Cent(G) = #Cent($\frac{G}{Z(G)}$) = n. The first author in [1], characterized the primitive 6-centralizer finite groups. In this paper we continue this problem and characterize the primitive 7-centralizer finite groups. We prove that a finite group G is primitive 7-centralizer if and only if $\frac{G}{Z(G)}{\simeq}D_{10}$ or R, where R is the semidirect product of a cyclic group of order 5 by a cyclic group of order 4 acting faithfully. Also, we compute #Cent(G) for some finite groups, using the structure of G modulu its center.