Algebraically hyperbolic manifolds have finite automorphism groups

Abstract

A projective manifold [Formula: see text] is algebraically hyperbolic if there exists a positive constant [Formula: see text] such that the degree of any curve of genus [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text] is bounded from above by [Formula: see text]. A classical result is that Kobayashi hyperbolicity implies algebraic hyperbolicity. It is known that Kobayashi hyperbolic manifolds have finite automorphism groups. Here, we prove that, more generally, algebraically hyperbolic projective manifolds have finite automorphism groups.