Remarks on the real Jacobian conjecture and Samuelson maps (Q1372287)

A map \(F:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R^n\) of class \(C^1\) is called a Samuelson map if and only if the all leading principal minors \(\mu_i:=\det\frac{\partial(f_1,\dots,f_i)}{\partial(x_1,\dots,x_i)}, \;i=1,\dots,n\), of the Jacobi matrix of \(F\) vanish nowhere. After some examples illustrating the Samuelson maps and its connection with the Jacobian conjecture, the author proves: If \(F\) is a Samuelson map and the succesive ratios \(\pi_1:=\mu_1,\pi_2:=\mu_2\slash\mu_1,\dots,\pi_{n-1}:= \mu_{n-1}\slash\mu_{n-2}\) are uniformly bounded away from zero, then \(F\) is injective. If \(\pi_{n}:= \mu_{n}\slash\mu_{n-1}\) is also uniformly bounded away from zero, then \(F\) is a global diffeomorphism of \(\mathbb R^n\) onto \(\mathbb R^n\).