Abstract
Let E⊆P2 be a complex rational cuspidal curve contained in the projective plane. The Coolidge–Nagata conjecture asserts that E is Cremona-equivalent to a line, that is, it is mapped onto a line by some birational transformation of P2. The second author recently analyzed the log minimal model program run for the pair (X,12D), where (X,D)→(P2,E) is a minimal resolution of singularities, and as a corollary he proved the conjecture in the case when more than one irreducible curve in P2∖E is contracted by the process of minimalization. We prove the conjecture in the remaining cases.
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