On the Stabilisation of Rational Surface Maps
Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Série 6, Tome 34 (2025) no. 1, pp. 47-74.

The dynamics of a rational surface map $f : X \dashrightarrow X$ are easier to analyse when $f$ is “algebraically stable”. Here we investigate when and how this condition can be achieved by conjugating $f$ with a birational change of coordinates. We show that if this can be done with a birational morphism, then there is a minimal such conjugacy. For birational $f$ we also show that repeatedly lifting $f$ to its graph gives a stable conjugacy. Finally, we give an example in which $f$ can be birationally conjugated to a stable map, but the conjugacy cannot be achieved solely by blowing up.

La dynamique d’une application rationnelle $f : X \dashrightarrow X$ sur une surface est plus simple à analyser lorsque $f$ est « algébriquement stable ». Dans cet article nous étudions comment la stabilité peut être réalisée en conjuguant $f$ par un changement de variable birationnel. Nous montrons que si cela peut être réalisé avec un morphisme birationnel, il existe alors une telle conjugaison minimale. Pour $f$ birationnelle, nous montrons aussi que l’on obtient une conjugaison stable par relèvement successif au graphe. Nous donnons enfin un exemple dans lequel $f$ peut être conjuguée birationnellement à une application stable, mais la conjuguée ne peut pas être obtenue uniquement par éclatement.

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DOI : 10.5802/afst.1805

Richard A. P. Birkett 1

1 Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7045
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Richard A. P. Birkett. On the Stabilisation of Rational Surface Maps. Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Série 6, Tome 34 (2025) no. 1, pp. 47-74. doi : 10.5802/afst.1805. https://afst.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/afst.1805/

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