Cremona group of the projective plane

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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.

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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 ⓘ

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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