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Finite quasisimple groups acting on rationally connected threefolds

Algebraic Geometry 2018-09-26 v1

Abstract

We show that the only finite quasi-simple non-abelian groups that can faithfully act on rationally connected threefolds are the following groups: A5\mathfrak{A}_5, PSL2(F7)\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbf{F}_7), A6\mathfrak{A}_6, SL2(F8)\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbf{F}_8), A7\mathfrak{A}_7, PSp4(F3)\operatorname{PSp}_4(\mathbf{F}_3), SL2(F7)\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbf{F}_{7}), 2.A52.\mathfrak{A}_5, 2.A62.\mathfrak{A}_6, 3.A63.\mathfrak{A}_6 or 6.A66.\mathfrak{A}_6. All of these groups with a possible exception of 2.A62.\mathfrak{A}_6 and 6.A66.\mathfrak{A}_6 indeed act on some rationally connected threefolds.

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@article{arxiv.1809.09226,
  title  = {Finite quasisimple groups acting on rationally connected threefolds},
  author = {Jérémy Blanc and Ivan Cheltsov and Alexander Duncan and Yuri Prokhorov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09226},
  year   = {2018}
}

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