A new proof of the theorems of Lin-Zaidenberg and Abhyankar-Moh-Suzuki

DOI10.1142/S0219498815400125zbMATH Open1326.14073arXiv1405.5391MaRDI QIDQ2947375FDOQ2947375

Authors: Karol Palka 

Publication date: 22 September 2015

Published in: Journal of Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the theory of minimal models of quasi-projective surfaces we give a new proof of the theorem of Lin-Zaidenberg which says that every topologically contractible algebraic curve in the complex affine plane has equation $X^n=Y^m$ in some algebraic coordinates on the plane. This gives also a proof of the theorem of Abhyankar-Moh-Suzuki concerning embeddings of the complex line into the plane. Independently, we show how to deduce the latter theorem from basic properties of $mathbbQ$-acyclic surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.5391

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zbMATH Keywords

cuspKodaira dimensionaffine planecontractible curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Plane and space curves (14H50) Affine spaces (automorphisms, embeddings, exotic structures, cancellation problem) (14R10)

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