English

The tame automorphism group of an affine quadric threefold acting on a square complex

Group Theory 2018-05-16 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We study the group Tame(SL2_2) of tame automorphisms of a smooth affine 3-dimensional quadric, which we can view as the underlying variety of SL(2,C\mathbb{C}). We construct a square complex on which the group admits a natural cocompact action, and we prove that the complex is CAT(0) and hyperbolic. We propose two applications of this construction: We show that any finite subgroup in Tame(SL2_2) is linearizable, and that Tame(SL2_2) satisfies the Tits alternative.

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@article{arxiv.1312.6153,
  title  = {The tame automorphism group of an affine quadric threefold acting on a square complex},
  author = {Cinzia Bisi and Jean-Philippe Furter and Stéphane Lamy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6153},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Minor correction at the end of 6.2.1, and perfect figures!