English

$p$-elementary non-cyclic subgroups of the Cremona group of the plane

Algebraic Geometry 2026-07-10 v1

Abstract

We classify, up to conjugacy, the subgroups of the Cremona group of the plane isomorphic to (Z/pZ)r(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^r, where pp is prime and r2r \geq 2, over an algebraically closed field k\mathbf{k} of characteristic not equal to pp. In particular, we show that r2r \leq 2 if p5p \geq 5, r3r \leq 3 if p=3p=3, and r4r \leq 4 if p=2p=2. Furthermore, we give an explicit list of representatives via a set of 20 families consisting of subgroups of the de Jonqui\`eres group and subgroups of automorphisms of del Pezzo surfaces, and we study the possible conjugacies by birational maps between these families. Finally, we give some results on subgroups of the Cremona group of the plane isomorphic to (Z/pZ)r(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^r, where pp is prime and rr is an integer, over an algebraically closed field k\mathbf{k} of characteristic equal to pp.

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@article{arxiv.2607.09941,
  title  = {$p$-elementary non-cyclic subgroups of the Cremona group of the plane},
  author = {Mani Esna Ashari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09941},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This is the PhD thesis of the author