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Automorphisms of polynomial algebras and Dirichlet series

Commutative Algebra 2008-06-27 v2 Combinatorics Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let GF(q)[x,y] be the polynomial algebra in two variables over the finite field GF(q) with q elements. We give an exact formula and the asymptotics for the number p(n) of automorphisms (f,g) of GF(q)[x,y] such that max{deg(f),deg(g)}=n. We describe also the Dirichlet series generating function p(1)/1^s+p(2)/2^s+p(3)/3^s+.... The same results hold for the automorphisms of the free associative algebra GF(q)<x,y>. We have also obtained analogues for free algebras with two generators in Nielsen - Schreier varieties of algebras.

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@article{arxiv.0806.0681,
  title  = {Automorphisms of polynomial algebras and Dirichlet series},
  author = {Vesselin Drensky and Jie-Tai Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0681},
  year   = {2008}
}

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13 pages, revised version, new results are added