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For a complex character $\chi$ of a finite group $G$, it is known that the product $\mathrm{sh}\left(\chi \right)={\prod }_{l\in L\left(\chi \right)}(\chi \left(1\right)-l)$ is a multiple of $\left|G\right|$, where $L\left(\chi \right)$ is the image of $\chi$ on $G-\left\{1\right\}$. The character $\chi$ is said to be a sharp character of type $L$ if $L=L\left(\chi \right)$ and $\mathrm{sh}\left(\chi \right)=\left|G\right|$. If the principal character of $G$ is not an irreducible constituent of $\chi$, then the character $\chi$ is called normalized. It is proposed as a problem by P. J. Cameron and M. Kiyota, to find finite groups $G$ with normalized sharp characters of type $\{-1,0,2\}$. Here we prove that such a group with nontrivial center is...