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Quotient singularities which are complete intersections

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Let G be a finite subgroup of GLn(ℂ) acting naturally on an affine space ℂn. In this note we will determine G such that the quotient variety ℂn/G is a complete intersection. For n=2 and 3, such a group G was classified in [13, 24, 32].

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Nakajima, H. Quotient singularities which are complete intersections. Manuscripta Math 48, 163–187 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01169006

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