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Constants of Differentiation and Differential Ideals

Commutative Algebra 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let R be a differential domain finitely generated over a differential field, F, with field of constants, C, of characteristic 0. Let E be the quotient field of R. The paper investigates necessary and sufficient conditions on R's differential ideals for the constants of differentiation of E to also be C (no new constants). It was known that no proper nonzero differential ideals guarantees no new constants. The paper shows that when C is algebraically closed that if R has only finitely many height one prime differential ideals that E will have no new constants. An example with F infinitely generated over C shows the converse is false. The paper gives conditions on C and F so that when F is finitely generated over C and R is a polynomial ring over F that no new constants in E implies that R has only fintely many height one prime differential ideals.

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@article{arxiv.math/0311007,
  title  = {Constants of Differentiation and Differential Ideals},
  author = {Eloise Hamann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0311007},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Latex, 9 pages The first paper had mathematical errors. The results in this replacement paper are similar to the original paper with changes to the hypotheses

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