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On centralizers in Azumaya domains

Rings and Algebras 2022-04-13 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove a positive characteristic analogue of the classical result that the centralizer of a nonconstant differential operator in one variable is commutative. This leads to a new, short proof of that classical characteristic zero result, by reduction modulo p.p.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2201.04606,
  title  = {On centralizers in Azumaya domains},
  author = {Thomas Bitoun and Justin Desrochers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.04606},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Added a description of the fraction field of the centralizer in positive characteristic. Accepted for publication in International Mathematics Research Notices

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