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Cremona maps and involutions

Algebraic Geometry 2017-08-07 v1

Abstract

We deal with the following question of Dolgachev : is the Cremona group generated by involutions ? Answer is yes in dimension 22 (Cerveau-Deserti). We give an upper bound of the minimal number nφ\mathfrak{n}_\varphi of involutions we need to write a birational self map φ\varphi of PC2\mathbb{P}^2_\mathbb{C}. We prove that de Jonqui\`eres maps of PC3\mathbb{P}^3_\mathbb{C} and maps of small bidegree of PC3\mathbb{P}^3_\mathbb{C} can be written as a composition of involutions of PC3\mathbb{P}^3_\mathbb{C} and give an upper bound of nφ\mathfrak{n}_\varphi for such maps φ\varphi. We get similar results in particular for automorphisms of (PC1)n(\mathbb{P}^1_\mathbb{C})^n, automorphisms of PCn\mathbb{P}^n_\mathbb{C}, tame automorphisms of Cn\mathbb{C}^n, monomial maps of PCn\mathbb{P}^n_\mathbb{C}, and elements of the subgroup generated by the standard involution of PCn\mathbb{P}^n_\mathbb{C} and PGL(n+1,C)\mathrm{PGL}(n+1,\mathbb{C}).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1708.01569,
  title  = {Cremona maps and involutions},
  author = {Julie Déserti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01569},
  year   = {2017}
}
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