The potentially characteristic subgroup problem states the following: Call a subgroup H of a group G potentially characteristic if ther exists a group K containing G such that H is characteristic in K. Clearly, every potentially characteristic subgroup is normal. Is the converse true? That is, isevery normal subgroup potentially characteristic?
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