Failure of the Weierstrass preparation theorem in quasi-analytic Denjoy-Carleman rings (Q2445837)

By \textit{C. L. Childress} work [Can. J. Math. 28, 938--953 (1976; Zbl 0355.32009)] and \textit{J. Chaumat} and \textit{A.-M. Chollet} [Can. J. Math. 56, No. 6, 1121--1144 (2004; Zbl 1067.26027)] a normalized Weierstrass polynomial has the Weierstrass division property in a Denjoy-Carleman ring iff it is hyperbolic. In the paper the following extension of these results is proved. {Main Theorem.} The Weierstrass preparation theorem does not hold in any quasi-analytic class (strictly containing the real analytic class) in dimension \(\geq 2\). Moreover, it does not hold even if we allow the unit and the distinguished polynomial to be in any wider quasi-analytic class.