On Zariski's cancellation problem in positive characteristic

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2014.07.012zbMATH Open1325.14078arXiv1309.1368OpenAlexW2962956386WikidataQ60395269 ScholiaQ60395269MaRDI QIDQ400983FDOQ400983

Authors: Neena Gupta 

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we shall show that when k is a field of positive characteristic the affine space A^n_k is not cancellative for any n greater than 2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1368

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zbMATH Keywords

graded ringpolynomial algebracancellation problemDerksen invariantMakar-Limanov invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graded rings (13A02) Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Polynomials over commutative rings (13B25) Affine spaces (automorphisms, embeddings, exotic structures, cancellation problem) (14R10)

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