Finite groups with planar subgroup lattices. (Q2494272)

The main goal of this paper is to study the groups with a planar Hasse lattice, or more generally the groups whose subgroup graph is planar. The problem is exhaustively treated for finite groups. First of all, it is solved for finite Abelian groups (Theorem 1.6). Then it is proved that there are no solvable planar groups whose orders have more than three distinct prime divisors. Up to isomorphism, all nonabelian planar groups of orders \(p^a\), \(p^aq^b\) and \(p^aq^br^c\) are determined in Theorem 2.7, Propositions 2.13-2.17 and Proposition 2.18, respectively. In Section 3 the authors show that there are no nonsolvable planar groups. Some conclusions and further research directions are indicated in the last section of the paper.