Cremona group of the projective plane

E702288

The Cremona group of the projective plane is the group of all birational self-maps of the complex projective plane, serving as a fundamental object in algebraic geometry and the study of plane transformations.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf birational transformation group
group under composition
infinite group
mathematical group
non‑linear group
actsOn P^2(C)
complex projective plane
alsoKnownAs Cremona group of P^2
Cremona group of the complex projective plane
plane Cremona group
baseSpace projective plane over C
centralConceptIn classical algebraic geometry
modern birational dynamics
contains Jonquières transformations
automorphism group of P^2(C)
projective linear group PGL(3,C)
standard quadratic Cremona involution
definedOver complex numbers
fieldOfStudy algebraic geometry
birational geometry
group theory
generatedBy PGL(3,C) and a standard quadratic transformation (Noether–Castelnuovo theorem)
hasElementType birational self‑map of P^2(C)
hasProperty acts birationally on rational surfaces obtained by blow‑ups of P^2
contains elements of arbitrarily large finite order
contains elements of infinite order
contains free subgroups on two generators
contains many involutions
highly non‑amenable
not finitely generated as an abstract group
not linear over any field
uncountable
hasSubgroup de Jonquières subgroup
group of automorphisms of P^2(C)
group of birational maps preserving a pencil of lines
hasTypicalElement rational map given by homogeneous polynomials of the same degree in three variables
isSubgroupOf Cremona group of the projective space of any higher dimension (via embeddings)
namedAfter Luigi Cremona
operation composition of rational maps
relatedTo birational classification of surfaces
minimal model program
plane algebraic curves
rational surfaces
studiedSince 19th century
symbol Bir(P^2)
Bir(P^2_C)
Cr_2(C)
usedFor classifying birational maps of the plane
studying birational rigidity of surfaces

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noether’s AF+BG theorem relatedTo Cremona group of the projective plane
Cremona group of the projective plane alsoKnownAs plane Cremona group
linked to: Cremona group of the projective plane
Cremona group of the projective plane alsoKnownAs Cremona group of P^2
linked to: Cremona group of the projective plane
Cremona group of the projective plane alsoKnownAs Cremona group of the complex projective plane
linked to: Cremona group of the projective plane
Cremona group of the projective plane isSubgroupOf Cremona group of the projective space of any higher dimension (via embeddings)
linked to: Cremona group of the projective plane