Coble's restriction-map problem for automorphisms of Coble surfaces

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Let XX be a Coble surface with Coble curve CP1C\simeq\mathbb{P}^1, and let

ρ:Aut(X)Aut(C)PGL(2)\rho:\operatorname{Aut}(X)\to\operatorname{Aut}(C)\simeq\operatorname{PGL}(2)

be the restriction homomorphism. Coble's restriction-map problem. Is ker(ρ)\ker(\rho) trivial for a general Coble surface XX, and what is the image

Im(ρ)PGL(2)?\operatorname{Im}(\rho)\subset\operatorname{PGL}(2)?

This is the source's explicit formulation of Coble's question; the supplied text gives no resolution for either the kernel or image problem.

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Primary source

Federico Pieroni, “Coble surfaces: projective models and automorphisms with related topics”, arXiv:2603.26338 (2026).

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