Elements generating a proper normal subgroup of the Cremona group
Group Theory
2020-05-13 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
Consider an algebraically closed field k and the Cremona group of all birational transformations of the projective plane over k. We characterize infinite order elements of this group having a non-zero power generating a proper normal subgroup of the Cremona group.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1907.03450,
title = {Elements generating a proper normal subgroup of the Cremona group},
author = {Serge Cantat and Vincent Guirardel and Anne Lonjou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.03450},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
To appear in International Mathematics Research Notices