Equivariant geometry of singular cubic threefolds (Q7035767)

The authors study the linearizability problem for singular cubic threefolds over algebraically closed fields \(k\) of characteristic zero.\N\NProblem: Let \(X \subset \mathbb{P}^{4}\) be a singular rational cubic threefold and let \(G\) be a finite subgroup of its automorphisms. When is the \(G\) action on \(X\) linearizable?\N\NIn this paper, the authors focus on the case of nodal cubics \(X\), since this is probably the most difficult case to treat. Let \(s(X) = s\) be the number of the set \(\mathrm{Sing}(X)\) of nodes of \(X\). It is known that \(s \leq 10\) and there exists a unique cubic threefold with \(s=10\), the Segre cubic. In this paper the author studies the cases where \(2 \leq s(X) \leq 9\), and the author's characterization is done by using some explicit geometric constructions. The description of the result is based on linear position properties of nodes and some relevant invariants, including the defect of \(X\) and the number of planes \(\Pi \subset X\).