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Affine cones over cubic surfaces are flexible in codimension one

Algebraic Geometry 2024-04-18 v2

Abstract

Let Y be a smooth del Pezzo surface of degree 3 polarized by a very ample divisor that is not proportional to the anticanonical one. Then the affine cone over Y is flexible in codimension one. Equivalently, such a cone has an open subset with an infinitely transitive action of the special automorphism group on it.

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@article{arxiv.2006.16417,
  title  = {Affine cones over cubic surfaces are flexible in codimension one},
  author = {Alexander Perepechko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.16417},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

11 pages; added an example of a flexible cone

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