Discrete dynamical systems associated with the configuration space of 8 points in \(\mathbb{P}^3\)(\(\mathbb{C}\)) (Q1424140)

By introducing an inner product for the Picard group of a variety obtained by blow-ups at 8 points in \(\mathbb P^3\) by means of the intersection numbers and the anti-canonical divisor, this article shows that there naturally appears the Weyl group of type \(E_7^{(1)}\) in the Picard group as its symmetric group. As in the investigation of \textit{H. Sakai} [Commun. Math. Phys. 220, No. 1, 165--229 (2001; Zbl 1010.34083)], using the symmetry, this article investigates the dynamical properties of the configuration space of 8 points in \(\mathbb P^3\). As some examples, the author gives parametrizations of the configuration space in terms of elliptic functions. Using the parameterization, it is shown that the action of the Weyl group preserves a one parameter family of quadratic surfaces and that it can be reduced to the action on \(\mathbb P^1 \times \mathbb P^1\).