Subgroups of elliptic elements of the Cremona group

The Cremona group is the group of birational transformations of the complex projective plane. In this paper we classify its subgroups that consist only of elliptic elements using elementary model theory. This yields in particular a description of the structure of torsion subgroups. As an application, we prove the Tits alternative for arbitrary subgroups of the Cremona group, generalizing a result of Cantat. We also describe solvable subgroups of the Cremona group and their derived length, refining results from Déserti.

Equivalences between Calabi–Yau manifolds and roofs of projective bundles

It is conjectured that many birational transformations, called K-inequalities, have a categorical counterpart in terms of an embedding of derived categories. In the special case of simple K-equivalence (or more generally K-equivalence), a derived equivalence is expected: we propose a method to prove derived equivalence for a wide class of such cases. This method is related to the construction of roofs of projective bundles introduced by Kanemitsu. Such roofs can be related to candidate pairs of derived equivalent, L-equivalent and non isomorphic Calabi–Yau varieties, we prove such claims in some examples of this construction. In the same framework, we show that a similar approach applies to prove derived equivalence of pairs of Calabi–Yau fibrations, we provide some working examples and we relate them to gauged linear sigma model phase transitions.

Generalized q-Painlevé VI Systems of Type (A2n+1+A1+A1)(1) Arising From Cluster Algebra

In this article we formulate a group of birational transformations that is isomorphic to an extended affine Weyl group of type $(A_{2n+1}+A_1+A_1)^{(1)}$ with the aid of mutations and permutations of vertices to a mutation-periodic quiver on a torus. This group provides a class of higher order generalizations of Jimbo–Sakai’s $q$-Painlevé VI equation as translations on a root lattice. Then the known three systems are obtained again: the $q$-Garnier system, a similarity reduction of the lattice $q$-UC hierarchy, and a similarity reduction of the $q$-Drinfeld–Sokolov hierarchy.

Automorphisms of cubic surfaces without points

We classify finite groups acting by birational transformations of a nontrivial Severi–Brauer surface over a field of characteristic zero that are not conjugate to subgroups of the automorphism group. Also, we show that the automorphism group of a smooth cubic surface over a field [Formula: see text] of characteristic zero that has no [Formula: see text]-points is abelian, and find a sharp bound for the Jordan constants of birational automorphism groups of such cubic surfaces.

Elements Generating a Proper Normal Subgroup of the Cremona Group

Consider an algebraically closed field ${\textbf{k}}$, and let $\textsf{Cr}_2({\textbf{k}})$ be the Cremona group of all birational transformations of the projective plane over ${\textbf{k}}$. We characterize infinite order elements $g\in \textsf{Cr}_2({\textbf{k}})$ having a power $g^n$, $n\neq 0$, generating a proper normal subgroup of $\textsf{Cr}_2({\textbf{k}})$.

Gromov–Witten Theory of Toric Birational Transformations

We investigate the effect of a general toric wall crossing on genus zero Gromov–Witten theory. Given two complete toric orbifolds $X_{+}$ and $X_{-}$ related by wall crossing under variation of geometric invariant theory quotients, we prove that their respective $I$-functions are related by linear transformation and asymptotic expansion. We use this comparison to deduce a similar result for birational complete intersections in $X_{+}$ and $X_{-}$. This extends the work of the previous authors in [2] to the case of complete intersections in toric varieties and generalizes some of the results of Coates–Iritani–Jiang [15] on the crepant transformation conjecture to the setting of non-zero discrepancy.