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Simple subgroups of the real space Cremona group

Algebraic Geometry 2025-11-17 v2

Abstract

We show that the alternating groups A5\mathfrak{A}_5 and A6\mathfrak{A}_6 are the only finite simple non-abelian subgroups of the group of birational selfmaps of the real three-dimensional projective space.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2511.10477,
  title  = {Simple subgroups of the real space Cremona group},
  author = {Ivan Cheltsov and Antoine Pinardin and Yuri Prokhorov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.10477},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

59 pages, Lemma 2.5.11 is generalized for pseudo-terminal singularities, few typos removed