Rational functions of \({\mathbb{C}}^*\)-type on the two-dimensional complex projective space (Q1065887)

The set \(\{p\in X\setminus I_ f; f(p)=c\}\) is called the level curve of a non-constant rational function f on a smooth algebraic surface X where \(I_ f\) denotes the set of all points of indeterminacy of f. An irreducible component of a level curve of f is called a prime curve of f. A smooth prime curve analytically isomorphic to the punctured Gaussian plane \({\mathbb{C}}^*\) is called of \({\mathbb{C}}^*\)-type. If all prime curves of f, except for a finite number of them, are of \({\mathbb{C}}^*\)-type, we say that f is of \({\mathbb{C}}^*\)-type. In this paper, the author solves the problem of determining all the rational functions of \({\mathbb{C}}^*\)-type on \({\mathbb{P}}^ 2\).