Quasi-antichain Chermak-Delgado lattices of finite groups. (Q477309)

The Chermak-Delgado lattice of a finite group is a dual, modular sublattice of the subgroup lattice of the group. In this paper groups with a quasi-antichain interval in the Chermak-Delgado lattice are studied. The authors prove that if there is a quasi-antichain interval between subgroups \(L\) and \(H\) with \(L\leq H\) then there exists a prime \(p\) such that \(H/L\) is an elementary abelian \(p\)-group and the number of atoms in the quasi-antichain is one more than a power of \(p\). In the particular case when the Chermak-Delgado lattice of the entire group is a quasi-antichain, the relationship between the number of abelian atoms and the prime \(p\) is examined. Several examples of groups with a quasi-antichain Chermak-Delgado lattice are also given.