The Nielsen realization problem for high degree del Pezzo surfaces

Publication date 26 December 2021

Abstract: Let

M

be a smooth

4

-manifold underlying some del Pezzo surface of degree

d g e q 6

. We consider the smooth Nielsen realization problem for

M

: which finite subgroups of

e x t M o d (M) = p i_{0} (e x t {H o m e o}^{+} (M))

have lifts to

e x t {D i f f}^{+} (M) l e q e x t {H o m e o}^{+} (M)

under the quotient map

p i : e x t {H o m e o}^{+} (M) o e x t M o d (M)

? We give a complete classification of such finite subgroups of

e x t M o d (M)

for

d g e q 7

and a partial answer for

d = 6

. For the cases

d g e q 8

, the quotient map

p i

admits a section with image contained in

e x t {D i f f}^{+} (M)

. For the case

d = 7

, we show that all finite order elements of

e x t M o d (M)

have lifts to

e x t {D i f f}^{+} (M)

, but there are finite subgroups of

e x t M o d (M)

that do not lift to

e x t {D i f f}^{+} (M)

. We prove that the condition of whether a finite subgroup

G l e q e x t M o d (M)

lifts to

e x t {D i f f}^{+} (M)

is equivalent to the existence of a certain equivariant connected sum realizing

G

. For the case

d = 6

, we show this equivalence for all maximal finite subgroups

G l e q e x t M o d (M)

.

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