The cubo-cubic transformation of \({\mathbb P}^ 3\) is very special (Q1079614)

Main result: Let \(\phi:\quad {\mathbb{P}}^ 3\to {\mathbb{P}}^ 3\) be a birational automorphism. Suppose that \(\phi\) becomes a morphism after blowing up a smooth irreducible curve. Then \(\phi\) is either an automorphism of \({\mathbb{P}}^ 3\), or is defined by the \(3\times 3\) minors of a \(3\times 4\) matrix of linear forms (a cubo-cubic transformation).