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Isotropy group of Lotka-Volterra derivations

Rings and Algebras 2024-12-31 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the isotropy group of Lotka-Volterra derivations of K[x1,,xn]K[x_{1},\cdots,x_{n}], i.e., a derivation dd of the form d(xi)=xi(xi1Cixi+1)d(x_{i})=x_{i}(x_{i-1}-C_{i}x_{i+1}). If n=3n=3 or n5n \geq 5, we have shown that the isotropy group of dd is finite. However, for n=4n=4, it is observed that the isotropy group of dd need not be finite. Indeed, for Ci=1C_{i}=-1, we observed an infinite collection of automorphisms in the isotropy group of dd. Moreover, for n3,  and  Ci=1n \geq 3, ~~\text{and}~~C_{i}=1, we have shown that the isotropy group of dd is isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 2n2n.

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@article{arxiv.2412.20832,
  title  = {Isotropy group of Lotka-Volterra derivations},
  author = {Himanshu Rewri and Surjeet Kour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.20832},
  year   = {2024}
}