On pairs of commuting derivations of the polynomial ring in two variables
Commutative Algebra
2009-11-12 v1 Rings and Algebras
Abstract
Let be an arbitrary field of characteristic zero, be the polynomial ring and a -derivation of the ring . Recall that a nonconstant polynomial is said to be a Darboux polynomial of the derivation if for some polynomial . We prove that any two linearly independent over the field commuting -derivations and of the ring either have a common Darboux polynomial, or are Jacobian derivations i.e., for every where the polynomials satisfy the condition This statement about derivations is an analogue of the known fact from Linear Algebra about common eigenvectors of pairs of commuting linear operators.
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@article{arxiv.0911.2073,
title = {On pairs of commuting derivations of the polynomial ring in two variables},
author = {Anatoliy P. Petravchuk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.2073},
year = {2009}
}
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