Classification conjecture for smooth affine cubic surfaces with infinite discrete automorphism group

Let SS be a smooth, affine, cubic surface whose automorphism group is infinite and discrete. A classification conjecture asserts that SS is either a Markov-type surface, or the curve at infinity Bˉ\bar B is nodal and Sˉ\bar S is singular at the node. This would extend the known classification of smooth Del Pezzo compactifications with nodal boundary, for which the degree is at least 44; the remaining cases for affine cubic surfaces are not all covered.

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Primary source

János Kollár and David Villalobos-Paz, “Cubic surfaces with infinite, discrete automorphism group”, arXiv:2410.03934 (2024).

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3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1611.02949, arXiv:1010.0043.

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