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Automorphisms of the boundary complex of $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0, n}(\mathbb{P}^r, d)$

Algebraic Geometry 2026-04-06 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We compute the automorphism group of the dual complex Td,n\mathsf{T}_{d, n} of the boundary divisor in the Kontsevich moduli space M0,n(Pr,d)\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0, n}(\mathbb{P}^r, d). When d2d \geq 2, we find that Aut(Td,n)Sn\mathrm{Aut}(\mathsf{T}_{d, n}) \cong \mathbb{S}_{n}, while Aut(T1,n)Sn+1\mathrm{Aut}(\mathsf{T}_{1, n}) \cong \mathbb{S}_{n + 1} for all n4n \geq 4. The complex T1,n\mathsf{T}_{1, n} is also the dual complex of the boundary divisor in the Fulton--MacPherson compactification of the configuration space of nn points on XX, if XX is any smooth, proper, and connected algebraic variety over C\mathbb{C}. Following work of Massarenti, this implies that T1,n\mathsf{T}_{1, n} admits automorphisms which in general do not extend to X[n]X[n].

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@article{arxiv.2604.02970,
  title  = {Automorphisms of the boundary complex of $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0, n}(\mathbb{P}^r, d)$},
  author = {Arjun Joisha and Siddarth Kannan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.02970},
  year   = {2026}
}