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Let ψ be the projectivization (i.e., the set of one-dimensional vector subspaces) of a vector space of dimension ≥ 3 over a field. Let H be a closed (in the pointwise convergence topology) subgroup of the permutation group ${𝔖}_{\psi }$ of the set ψ. Suppose that H contains the projective group and an arbitrary self-bijection of ψ transforming a triple of collinear points to a non-collinear triple. It is well known from [Kantor W.M., McDonough T.P., On the maximality of PSL(d+1,q), d ≥ 2, J. London Math. Soc.,...

The main result of this paper is as follows: let $X,Y$ be smooth projective threefolds (over a field of characteristic zero) such that $b_2\left(X\right)=b_2\left(Y\right)=1$. If $Y$ is not a projective space, then the degree of a morphism $f:X\to Y$ is bounded in terms of discrete invariants of $X$ and $Y$. Moreover, suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are smooth projective $n$-dimensional with cyclic Néron-Severi groups. If $c_1\left(Y\right)=0$, then the degree of $f$ is bounded iff $Y$ is not a flat variety. In particular, to prove our main theorem we show the non-existence of a flat 3-dimensional...