The two-dimensional Centralizer Conjecture over an integral domain

Let DD be a commutative integral domain of characteristic zero, and let A,B,wD[x,y]A,B,w\in D[x,y]. Define

Jac(u,v)=uxvyuyvx.\operatorname{Jac}(u,v)=u_xv_y-u_yv_x.

If Jac(A,B)D\operatorname{Jac}(A,B)\in D^*, then BB is a Jacobian mate of AA; the Jacobian centralizer of AA consists of the elements ww satisfying Jac(A,w)=0\operatorname{Jac}(A,w)=0.

The two-dimensional Centralizer Conjecture over DD. Suppose

Jac(A,B)D[x,y]=D\operatorname{Jac}(A,B)\in D[x,y]^*=D^*

and

Jac(A,w)=0.\operatorname{Jac}(A,w)=0.

Then wD[A]w\in D[A].

The preceding theorem proves only wQ(D)[A]w\in Q(D)[A], where Q(D)Q(D) is the field of fractions of DD. The conjecture asserts that no denominators are needed, a conclusion known over fields of characteristic zero but open for general integral domains.

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Primary source

Vered Moskowicz, “The two-dimensional Centralizer Conjecture”, arXiv:1802.04685 (2018).

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