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Theta groups and products of abelian and rational varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2010-06-17 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

We prove that an analogue of Jordan's theorem on finite subgroups of general linear groups does not hold for the groups of birational automorphisms of products of an elliptic curve and the projective line. This gives a negative answer to a question of V. L. Popov, arXiv:1001.1311 [math.AG].

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@article{arxiv.1006.1112,
  title  = {Theta groups and products of abelian and rational varieties},
  author = {Yuri G. Zarhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1112},
  year   = {2010}
}

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5 pages