Characteristic not implies normal in loops

Verbal statement
A characteristic subloop of a loop need not be a normal subloop.

Related facts

 * Normal implies Lagrange-like
 * Characteristic not implies Lagrange-like

Proof
Let $$L$$ be a loop with elements $$1,2,3,4,5$$ and operation as follows:

In other words, this is the algebra loop corresponding to the Latin square:

$$\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ 2 & 1 & 5 & 3 & 4 \\ 3 & 5 & 4 & 2 & 1 \\ 4 & 3 & 1 & 5 & 2 \\ 5 & 4 & 2 & 1 & 3 \\\end{pmatrix}$$

Suppose $$S$$ is the subloop $$\{ 1,2 \}$$ of $$L$$. Then:


 * $$S$$ is a characteristic subloop of $$L$$: In fact, it is the only proper nontrivial subloop, and also the only subloop of order two.
 * $$S$$ is not a normal subloop of $$L$$: For instance, $$(S * 3) * 3 \ne S * (3 * 3)$$.