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We prove that an analogue of Jordan’s theorem on finite subgroups of general linear groups holds for the groups of biregular automorphisms of elliptic ruled surfaces. This gives a positive answer to a question of Vladimir L. Popov.
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In memoriam of Emmanuil El’evich Shnol’
This work was partially supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (# 246625 to Yuri Zarkhin).
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ZARHIN, Y.G. JORDAN GROUPS AND ELLIPTIC RULED SURFACES. Transformation Groups 20, 557–572 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-014-9292-7
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