The finite-filtration generation conjecture for centers and derived subgroups

Let Aut0(X)=limAn\operatorname{Aut}^0(X)=\lim A_n be an admissible filtration by irreducible affine subvarieties. Let GAut0(X)G\subseteq\operatorname{Aut}^0(X) be nilpotent or solvable and suppose that G=GAnG=\langle G\cap A_n\rangle for some nn. Write z(G)z(G) for the center of GG. The finite-filtration generation conjecture. If GG is nilpotent, then z(G)=z(G)Amz(G)=\langle z(G)\cap A_m\rangle for some mm; respectively, if GG is solvable, then (G,G)=(G,G)Am(G,G)=\langle (G,G)\cap A_m\rangle for some mm. The source presents this as a sufficient condition for the induction toward the a-generated algebraicity conjecture, with no resolution stated.

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Hanspeter Kraft and Mikhail Zaidenberg, “Automorphism groups of affine varieties and their Lie algebras”, arXiv:2403.12489 (2024).

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