Non-symplectic automorphisms of order multiple of seven on K3 surfaces

Abstract

In this paper we present a complete classification of non-symplectic automorphisms of K3 surfaces whose order is a multiple of seven by describing the topological type of their fixed locus. In the case of purely non-symplectic automorphisms, we provide new results for order 14 and alternative proofs for orders 21, 28 and 42, so that we can unify in the same paper the results on these automorphisms. For each of these orders we also consider not purely non-symplectic automorphisms and obtain a complete characterization of their fixed loci. Several results of our paper were obtained independently in the recent paper [12] by Brandhorst and Hofmann, but the methods used in the two papers are completely different.