Factorization of birational maps of rational surfaces from the viewpoint of Mori theory

Abstract

Contents Introduction §1. Discussion of the problem, description of the formalism, and initial results §2. Elementary links and the decomposition theorem §3. Relations between elementary links: definitions and general properties §4. Relations in the case of maps of surfaces birationally non-trivial over §5. Relations in the factorizations of birational maps of -rational surfaces Bibliography