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Flexibility of affine spherical varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2025-12-12 v2

Abstract

We prove that the automorphism group Aut(X)\mathrm{Aut}(X) of an affine spherical variety XX acts transitively on the set of smooth points Xreg.X^{reg}. If every invertible regular function on XX is constant, we prove that XX is flexible, i.e., the subgroup of Aut(X)\mathrm{Aut}(X) generated by all Ga\mathbb{G}_a-subgroups acts transitively on Xreg.X^{reg}.

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@article{arxiv.2512.07031,
  title  = {Flexibility of affine spherical varieties},
  author = {Anton Shafarevich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07031},
  year   = {2025}
}
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