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Title:
Finite subgroups of Cremona groups and representation dimension

Speaker:
Alexander Duncan

Abstract:
Cremona groups are infamously large. In particular, even the plane Cremona group cannot be embedded into a linear algebraic group. Their finite subgroups are much more manageable, but still not completely understood even in the rank 2 case over the complex numbers. However, lacking a complete classification, one may attempt to find bounds for their complexity. Over a number field, one can consider the orders of the finite subgroups. Over general fields, there is the Jordan constant. I consider the minimal dimension of a faithful representation. This is joint work with C. Urech.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=5641

Workshop:
Simons- Workshop: Birational Complexity of Algebraic Varieties