THE STRUCTURE OF ALGEBRAIC EMBEDDINGS OF C2 INTO C3 (THE CUBIC HYPERSURFACE CASE) (Q4254076)

A holomorphic map \(f:\mathbb{C}^n\to \mathbb{C}^m\) \((m>n\geq 1)\) is called an algebraic embedding if \(f\) is an injective polynomial map and \(f(\mathbb{C}^n)\) is a smooth algebraic subvariety of \(\mathbb{C}^m\). Let \(f:\mathbb{C}^n \to\mathbb{C}^{n+1}\) be an algebraic embedding. Identifying \(\mathbb{C}^{n+1}\) with an affine part of \(\mathbb{P}^{n+1}\), let \(X_f\) be the closure of \(f(\mathbb{C}^n)\) in \(\mathbb{P}^{n+1}\) and put \(Y_f=X_f- f(\mathbb{C}^n)\). Then \(Y_f\) is a hyperplane section of \(X_f\) and \(X_f-Y_f\) is biregular to \(\mathbb{C}^n\). The author considers the following problem: Is any algebraic embedding \(f:\mathbb{C}^n\to\mathbb{C}^{n+1}\) equivalent to a linear embedding, i.e., does there exist a polynomial automorphism \(\alpha\) of \(\mathbb{C}^{n+1}\) such that \(\alpha\circ f\) is a linear embedding? In fact, the author proves that the problem is affirmative if \(f:\mathbb{C}^2\to\mathbb{C}^3\) is an algebraic embedding with \(\deg X_f\leq 3\). For the proof, the author classifies all pairs \((X,Y)\), where \(X\) is a cubic hypersurface in \(\mathbb{P}^3\) and \(Y\) is a hyperplane section of \(X\) such that \(X-Y\) is biholomorphic to \(\mathbb{C}^2\).