De Jonqui\`eres transformations in arbitrary dimension. An ideal theoretic view

Abstract

A generalization of the plane de Jonqui\`eres transformation to arbitrary dimension is studied, with an eye for the ideal theoretic side. In particular, one considers structural properties of the corresponding base ideal and of its defining relations. Useful throughout is the idea of downgraded sequences of forms, a tool considered in many sources for the rounding-up of ideals of defining relations. The emphasis here is on the case where the supporting Cremona transformation of the de Jonqui\`eres transformation is the identity map. In this case we establish aspects of the homological behavior of the graph of the transformation.