p-subgroups in the space Cremona group

Abstract

We prove that if $X$ is a rationally connected threefold and $G$ is a $p$-subgroup in the group of birational selfmaps of $X$, then $G$ is an abelian group generated by at most $3$ elements provided that $p\ge 17$. We also prove a similar result for $p\ge 11$ under an assumption that $G$ acts on a (Gorenstein) $G$-Fano threefold, and show that the same holds for $p\ge 5$ under an assumption that $G$ acts on a $G$-Mori fiber space.