Invariant algebraic surfaces of polynomial vector fields in dimension three (Q6182568)

The article investigates the existence of invariant algebraic surfaces for three-dimensional complex polynomial vector fields, transferring a problem of Poincaré from dimension two to dimension three. The main part of the work deals with finding degree bounds for irreducible semi-invariants of a given polynomial vector field that satisfies certain (non)-resonance properties for its stationary points at infinity. Further existence criteria and properties for algebraic Jacobi multipliers are investigated. Some results are stated and proved for polynomial vector fields in arbitrary dimension; in dimension three detailed results on possible degree bounds are obtained. By an explicit construction it is demonstrated that for quadratic vector fields the conditions involving the stationary points at infinity are generic but they do not a priori preclude the existence of invariant algebraic surfaces. Finally the authors prove a result on invariant lines of homogeneous polynomial vector fields.