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Nonlinearity of some subgroups of the planar Cremona group

Algebraic Geometry 2017-01-03 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We give some examples of non-nilpotent locally nilpotent, and hence nonlinear subgroups of the planar Cremona group.

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@article{arxiv.1701.00275,
  title  = {Nonlinearity of some subgroups of the planar Cremona group},
  author = {Yves Cornulier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.00275},
  year   = {2017}
}

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This unpublished note has been circulating since 2012 and is unchanged up to updates and minor corrections