On automorphisms of the affine Cremona group (Q381160)

The main result of this paper says that if \(\theta: \mathcal{G}_n \to \mathcal{G}_n\) is an automorphism of the group \(\mathcal{G}_n = \text{Aut}(\mathbb{C}^n)\) of polynomial automorphisms of the complex affine space, then there exists another automorphism \(\phi\) of \(\mathcal{G}_n\), which is the composition of an inner automorphism with a field automorphism, such that \(\theta\) and \(\phi\) coincide in restriction to the subgroup of tame automorphisms. This extends a similar previous result by \textit{J. Déserti} in the case of \(\text{Aut}(\mathbb{C}^2)\) [Compos. Math. 142, No. 6, 1459--1478 (2006; Zbl 1109.14015)]. The method here is quite different, and relies on the theory of algebraic group actions. Let \(D_n\) be the group of diagonal automorphisms, and \(\mu_2 \subseteq D_n\) be the subgroup where all coefficients are \(\pm 1\). The key remark is that \(D_n\) is the centralizer of \(\mu_2\) in \(\mathcal{G}_n\): this allows to show a rigidity result about the image of \(D_n\) under an automorphism of \(\mathcal{G}_n\), and then to get the result.