English

A short and elementary proof of Jung's theorem

Algebraic Geometry 2014-09-08 v1

Abstract

We give a short and elementary proof of Jung's theorem, which states that for a field K of characteristic zero the automorphisms of K[x,y] are generated by elementary automorphisms and linear automorphisms.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1409.1872,
  title  = {A short and elementary proof of Jung's theorem},
  author = {Christian Valqui and Jorge A. Guccione and Juan J. Guccione},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.1872},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

1 figure