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A local-global principle for surjective polynomial maps

Commutative Algebra 2019-09-27 v1

Abstract

Let RR be an affine domain of characteristic zero with finite quotients. We prove that a polynomial map over RR is surjective if and only if it is surjective over Rm^\hat{R_{\mathfrak{m}}}, the completion of RR with respect to m\mathfrak{m}, for every maximal ideal mR\mathfrak{m} \subseteq R. In fact, the completions Rm^\hat{R_{\mathfrak{m}}} may be replaced by arbitrary subrings containing RR. We use this result to yield a characterization of surjective polynomial maps, and remark that there does not exist a similar principle for injective polynomial maps.

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@article{arxiv.1909.11690,
  title  = {A local-global principle for surjective polynomial maps},
  author = {Lukas Prader},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.11690},
  year   = {2019}
}

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13 pages

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