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Generalized Nowicki conjecture

Commutative Algebra 2019-03-06 v1

Abstract

Let BB be an integral domain over a field KK of characteristic 0. The derivation δ\delta of B[Yd]=B[y1,,yd]B[Y_d]=B[y_1,\ldots,y_d] is elementary if δ(B)=0\delta(B)=0 and δ(yi)B\delta(y_i)\in B, i=1,,di=1,\ldots,d. Then the elements uij=δ(yi)yjδ(yj)yiu_{ij}=\delta(y_i)y_j-\delta(y_j)y_i, 1i<jd1\leq i<j\leq d, belong to the algebra B[Yd]δB[Y_d]^{\delta} of constants of δ\delta and it is a natural question whether the BB-algebra B[Yd]δB[Y_d]^{\delta} is generated by all uiju_{ij}. In this paper we consider the special case of B=K[Xd]=K[x1,,xd]B=K[X_d]=K[x_1,\ldots,x_d]. If δ(yi)=xi\delta(y_i)=x_i, i=1,,di=1,\ldots,d, this is the Nowicki conjecture from 1994 which was confirmed in several papers based on different methods. The case δ(yi)=xini\delta(y_i)=x_i^{n_i}, ni>0n_i>0, i=1,,di=1,\ldots,d, was handled by Khoury in the first proof of the Nowicki conjecture given by him in 2004. As a consequence of the proof of Kuroda in 2009 if δ(yi)=fi(xi)\delta(y_i)=f_i(x_i), for any nonconstant polynomials fi(xi)f_i(x_i), i=1,,di=1,\ldots,d, then B[Yd]δ=K[Xd,Yd]δB[Y_d]^{\delta}=K[X_d,Y_d]^{\delta} is generated by XdX_d and Ud={uij=fi(xi)yjyifj(xj)1i<jd}U_d=\{u_{ij}=f_i(x_i)y_j-y_if_j(x_j)\mid 1\leq i<j\leq d\}. In the present paper we have found a presentation of the algebra K[Xd,Yd]δ=K[Xd,UdR=S=0], K[X_d,Y_d]^{\delta}=K[X_d,U_d\mid R=S=0], R={r(i,j,k,l)1i<j<k<ld},S={s(i,j,k)1i<j<kd}, R=\{r(i,j,k,l)\mid 1\leq i<j<k<l\leq d\}, S=\{s(i,j,k)\mid 1\leq i<j<k\leq d\}, and a basis of K[Xd,Yd]δK[X_d,Y_d]^{\delta} as a vector space. As a corollary we have shown that the defining relations RSR\cup S form the reduced Gr\"obner basis of the ideal which they generate with respect to a specific admissible order. This is an analogue of the result of Makar-Limanov and the author in their proof of the Nowicki conjecture in 2009.

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@article{arxiv.1903.01788,
  title  = {Generalized Nowicki conjecture},
  author = {Vesselin Drensky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.01788},
  year   = {2019}
}

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