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Automorphisms of quartic surfaces and Cremona transformations

Algebraic Geometry 2024-04-23 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of determining which automorphisms of a smooth quartic surface SP3S \subset \mathbb{P}^3 are induced by a Cremona transformation of P3\mathbb{P}^3. We provide the first steps towards a complete solution of this problem when ρ(S)=2\rho(S)=2. In particular, we give several examples of quartics whose automorphism groups are generated by involutions, but no non-trivial automorphism is induced by a Cremona transformation of P3\mathbb{P}^3, giving a negative answer for Oguiso's question of whether every automorphism of finite order of a smooth quartic surface SP3S\subset \mathbb{P}^3 is induced by a Cremona transformation.

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@article{arxiv.2302.09014,
  title  = {Automorphisms of quartic surfaces and Cremona transformations},
  author = {Daniela Paiva and Ana Quedo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.09014},
  year   = {2024}
}
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