{ "id": "2401.15735", "version": "v1", "published": "2024-01-28T19:29:28.000Z", "updated": "2024-01-28T19:29:28.000Z", "title": "Groups acting on cubic surfaces in characteristic zero", "authors": [ "Jonathan M. Smith" ], "comment": "15 pages", "categories": [ "math.AG" ], "abstract": "For every field $k$ of characteristic zero, we determine the groups that act as automorphisms on a smooth cubic surface over $k$. We also determine the groups that act on $k$-rational, stably $k$-rational, or $k$-unirational smooth cubic surfaces.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2024-01-28T19:29:28.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "14J50", "14J45", "14E08" ], "keywords": [ "characteristic zero", "groups acting", "unirational smooth cubic surfaces", "automorphisms" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 15, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }