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.
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@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}
}
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