Real topological Jacobian conjecture

Let f:RnRnf:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n be a real polynomial map with Jacobian determinant f(x)>0f'(x)>0 for every xRnx\in\mathbb{R}^n, and let SfS_f denote its non-properness set. Real topological Jacobian conjecture. If

codimSf2,\operatorname{codim} S_f\geq 2,

then ff is a bijection and consequently Sf=S_f=\varnothing. The provided text presents this as a proposed topological version of the real Jacobian conjecture and gives no resolution status.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

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

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.