Dynamical classification of a family of birational maps of C2 via algebraic entropy

This work dynamically classifies a 9-parametric family of birational maps f: C→ C. From the sequence of the degrees d of the iterates of f, we find the dynamical degree δ(f) of f. We identify when d grows periodically, linearly, quadratically or exponentially. The considered family includes the birational maps studied by Bedford and Kim (Mich Math J 54:647-670, 2006) as one of its subfamilies