The Second Kernel Conjecture

Let KK be a field of characteristic zero and let K[T]=K[t1,…,tn]K[T]=K[t_1,\dots,t_n]. A derivation DD of a ring is locally nilpotent if for every aa there is an integer m(a)m(a) such that Dm(a)a=0D^{m(a)}a=0. Second Kernel Conjecture. If DD is a locally nilpotent derivation on K[T]K[T] and there is a polynomial p∈K[T]p\in K[T] with Dp=1Dp=1, then

ker⁡(D)=K[F1,…,Fn−1]\ker(D)=K[F_1,\dots,F_{n-1}]

for some Fi∈K[T]F_i\in K[T] algebraically independent over KK. This is another kernel problem related in the source to the Jacobian and Dixmier questions; its resolution is not given.

References

Primary source

William Fajardo and Oswaldo Lezama, “The Dixmier problem for skew PBW extensions and rings”, arXiv:2506.09285 (2025).

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