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Strongly residual coordinates over A[x]

Algebraic Geometry 2014-10-06 v2 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

For a domain A of characteristic zero, a polynomial f over A[x] is called a strongly residual coordinate if f becomes a coordinate (over A) upon going modulo x, and f becomes a coordinate upon inverting x. We study the question of when a strongly residual coordinate is a coordinate, a question closely related to the Dolgachev-Weisfeiler conjecture. It is known that all strongly residual coordinates are coordinates for n=2 . We show that a large class of strongly residual coordinates that are generated by elementaries upon inverting x are in fact coordinates for arbitrary n, with a stronger result in the n=3 case. As an application, we show that all Venereau-type polynomials are 1-stable coordinates.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1304.1765,
  title  = {Strongly residual coordinates over A[x]},
  author = {Drew Lewis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.1765},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

15 pages. Some minor clarifications and notational improvements from the first version

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