Finite 3-subgroups in the Cremona group of rank 3 (Q2217266)

The paper under review studies \(p\)-subgroups with \(p=3\) of the birational automorphism group \(\mathrm{Bir}(X)\) for \(X\) a complex projective rationally connected 3-fold, using the language of \(G\)-varieties. The author gives (sharp) bounds on the number of generators of such 3-subgroups \(G\). In addition, the author finds even tighter bounds in the case where \(G\) acts by regular automorphisms on a minimal terminal \(G\)-Mori fibre space, with the exception of a few singular Fano varieties. The approach presented is different from the previous work of [\textit{Y. Prokhorov} and \textit{C. Shramov}, Math. Nachr. 291, No. 8--9, 1374--1389 (2018; Zbl 1423.14099)], which relied on finding fixed points of the action of \(G\) on \(X\): in fact, this does not always happen when \(p=3\). An explanatory example of this fact is given in Section 2. The author carries out an in-depth study in the case where \(X\) is either a del Pezzo 3-fold or a Fano 3-fold.