Automorphism groups of rigid affine surfaces: the identity component

arXiv2208.09738MaRDI QIDQ6408366FDOQ6408366

Alexander Perepechko, Mikhail Zaidenberg

Publication date: 20 August 2022

Abstract: It is known that the identity component of the automorphism group of a projective algebraic variety is an algebraic group. This is not true in general for quasi-projective varieties. In this note we address the question: given an affine algebraic surface $Y$, as to when the identity component ${mAut}^0(Y)$ of the automorphism group $mAut(Y)$ is an algebraic group? We show that this happens if and only if $Y$ admits no effective action of the additive group. In the latter case, ${mAut}^0(Y)$ is an algebraic torus of rank $le2$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isomorphism problems in graph theory (reconstruction conjecture, etc.) and homomorphisms (subgraph embedding, etc.) (05C60) Automorphisms of surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties (14J50) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Group actions on affine varieties (14R20)

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