Strong real Jacobian conjecture

Let f:RnRnf:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n be a real polynomial map, and let f(x)=detJacxff'(x)=\det\operatorname{Jac}_x f. Strong real Jacobian conjecture. If

f(x)>0f'(x)>0

for every xRnx\in\mathbb{R}^n, then ff is invertible. This conjecture is refuted: Pinchuk constructed a non-injective polynomial map in dimension two whose Jacobian determinant is everywhere positive.

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Primary source

Boulos El Hilany, “Around the topological classification problem of polynomial maps: A survey”, arXiv:2501.03828 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2209.01451.

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