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Group structures on algebraic varieties
Doklady Mathematics, USA. 2021. Vol. 104. No. 2. P. 264–266.
We explore to what extent the group variety of an algebraic group determines its group structure.
Ivan Arzhantsev, Roman Avdeev, Yulia Zaitseva, International Mathematics Research Notices 2026 Vol. 2026 No. 4 Article rnag007
We complete the classification of algebraic monoid structures on the affine 3-space. The result is based on a reduction of the general case to that of commutative monoids. We also study various algebraic properties of all monoids appearing in the classification. ...
Added: February 24, 2026
Arzhantsev I., Izvestiya. Mathematics 2009 Vol. 73 No. 3 P. 437–453
We study open equivariant projective embeddings of homogeneous spaces such that the complement of the open orbit has codimension at least 2. We establish a criterion for the existence of such an embedding, prove that the set of isomorphism classes of such embeddings is finite, and give a construction of the embeddings in terms of ...
Added: June 13, 2025
Borovik V., Chernov A., Shafarevich A., Journal of Algebra and its Applications 2026 Vol. 25 No. 5 Article 2650019
An induced additive action on a projective variety X ⊆ Pn is a regular action of thegroup Gma on X with an open orbit, which can be extended to a regular action onthe ambient projective space Pn. In this work, we classify all projective hypersurfacesadmitting an induced additive action with a finite number of orbits. ...
Added: March 10, 2025
Shafarevich A., Research in the Mathematical Sciences 2025 Vol. 12 No. 1 Article 6
We describe complete simplicial toric varieties on which a unipotent group acts with a finite number of orbits. We also provide a complete list of such varieties in the cases when the dimension is equal to 2 or the divisor class group is Z. ...
Added: March 10, 2025
Arzhantsev I., Quaestiones Mathematicae 2024 Vol. 47 No. 9 P. 1767 –1774
An additive action on an irreducible algebraic variety X is an effective action with an open orbit of the vector group . Any two additive actions on X are conjugate by a birational automorphism of X. We prove that, if X is the projective space, the conjugating element can be chosen in the affine Cremona group and it is given by so-called basic polynomials ...
Added: September 14, 2024
Zaitseva Y., Results in Mathematics 2024 Vol. 79 Article 249
We give a classification of noncommutative algebraic monoid structures on normal affine varieties such that the group of invertible elements of the monoid is connected, solvable, and has a one-dimensional unipotent radical. We describe the set of idempotents and the center of such a monoid and give a criterion for existence of the zero element. ...
Added: September 13, 2024
Popov V., Transformation Groups 2023 Vol. 28 No. 3 P. 1277–1297
Considering a certain construction of algebraic varieties X endowed with an
algebraic action of the group Aut(F_n), n < \infty, we obtain a criterion for the faithfulness
of this action. It gives an in nite family F of Xs such that Aut(F_n) embeds into Aut(X).
For n > 2, this implies nonlinearity, and for n > 1, the ...
Added: January 7, 2024
Roman Avdeev, Communications in Contemporary Mathematics 2024 Vol. 26 No. 6 Article 2350029
In this paper, we obtain several structure results for a class of spherical subgroups of connected reductive complex algebraic groups that extends the class of strongly solvable spherical subgroups. Based on these results, we construct certain one-parameter degenerations of the Lie algebras corresponding to such subgroups. As an application, we exhibit explicit algorithms for computing the set of spherical ...
Added: December 27, 2023
Beldiev I., Results in Mathematics 2023 Vol. 78 No. 5 Article 192
We study induced additive actions on projective hypersurfaces, i.e. effective regular actions of the algebraic group G_a^m with an open orbit that can be extended to a regular action on the ambient projective space. We prove that if a projective hypersurface admits an induced additive action, then it is unique if and only if the hypersurface is ...
Added: August 7, 2023
Arzhantsev I., St Petersburg Mathematical Journal 2023 Vol. 34 No. 2 P. 143–178
We survey recent results on multiple transitivity for automorphism groups of affine algebraic varieties. We consider the property of infinite transitivity of the special automorphism group, which is equivalent to flexibility of the corresponding affine variety. These properties have important algebraic and geometric consequences. At the same time they are fulfilled for wide classes of ...
Added: March 30, 2023
Vladimir L. Popov, / Series math "arxiv.org". 2023. No. 2302.13374.
We prove that the Picard group of a connected affine algebraic group $G$ is isomorphic to the fundamental group of the derived subgroup of the reductive algebraic group $G/{\mathscr R}_u(G)$, where ${\mathscr R}_u(G)$ is the unipotent radical of $G$. ...
Added: February 28, 2023
Vladimir L. Popov, / Series math "arxiv.org". 2023. No. 2302.13364.
We prove that for every positive integer d, there are no nonzero regular differential d-forms on every smooth irreducible projective algebraic variety birationally isomorphic to the variety of flexes of plane cubics. ...
Added: February 28, 2023
Arzhantsev I., Zaitseva Y., Russian Mathematical Surveys 2022 Vol. 77 No. 4 P. 571–650
We survey recent results on open embeddings of the affine space C^n into a complete algebraic variety X such that the action of the vector group G_a^n on C^n by translations extends to an action of G_a^n on X. We begin with the Hassett–Tschinkel correspondence describing equivariant embeddings of \mathbb{C}^n into projective spaces and present its generalization for embeddings into projective hypersurfaces. Further sections deal with embeddings into flag ...
Added: February 26, 2023
Ivan V. Arzhantsev, Yulia I. Zaitseva, Kirill V. Shakhmatov, Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics 2022 Vol. 318 No. 1 P. 13–25
Let X be an algebraic variety such that the group Aut(X) acts on X transitively. We define the transitivity degree of X as the maximum number m such that the action of Aut(X) on X is m-transitive. If the action of Aut(X) is m-transitive for all m, the transitivity degree is infinite. We compute the transitivity degree for all quasi-affine toric varieties and for many homogeneous spaces of algebraic groups. We also discuss a conjecture and ...
Added: November 5, 2022
Arzhantsev I., Zaitseva Y., Shakhmatov K., Труды Математического института им. В.А. Стеклова РАН 2022 Т. 318 С. 17–30
Let X be an algebraic variety such that the group Aut(X) acts on X transitively. We define the transitivity degree of X as a maximal number m such that the action of Aut(X) on X is m-transitive. If the action of Aut(X) is m-transitive for all m, the transitivity degree is infinite. We compute the transitivity degree for all quasi-affine toric varieties and for many homogeneous spaces of algebraic groups. Also we discuss a ...
Added: November 4, 2022
Vladimir L. Popov, / Series math "arxiv.org". 2022. No. 2207.13072.
A new infinite series of rational affine algebraic varieties is constructed whose automorphism group contains the auto\-morphism group Aut(F_n) of the free group F_n of rank n. The automorphism groups of such varieties are nonlinear and contain the braid group B_n on n strands for n > 2, and are nonamenable for n > 1. ...
Added: July 27, 2022
Vladimir L. Popov, / Series math "arxiv.org". 2022. No. 2207.08912.
Considering a certain construction of algebraic varieties X endowed with an algebraic action of the group Aut(Fn), n < ∞, we obtain a criterion for the faithfulness of this action. It gives an infinite family F of X’s such that Aut(Fn) embeds intoAut(X). For n > 3, this implies nonlinearity, and for n > 2, ...
Added: July 20, 2022