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We classify Coble surfaces with finite automorphism group in characteristic \(p\ge 0, p\ne 2\). There are exactly 9 isomorphism classes of such surfaces.
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The author thanks Igor Dolgachev and Shigeru Mukai for teaching him a beauty of Coble surfaces and for stimulating discussions and advices, and the referee for the careful reading of the manuscript, for pointing out errors and for many useful suggestions.
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Kondō, S. Coble surfaces with finite automorphism group. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo, II. Ser 71, 829–864 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12215-021-00646-2
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