The Makar-Limanov invariant stability conjecture for polynomial extensions

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Let AA be a commutative domain over a field of characteristic zero, and let x1,…,xnx_1,\dots,x_n be indeterminates. The Makar-Limanov invariant of a k\Bbbk-algebra AA is

ML⁡(A)=⋂D∈LND⁡(A)ker⁡(D),\operatorname{ML}(A)=\bigcap_{D\in\operatorname{LND}(A)}\ker(D),

where LND⁡(A)\operatorname{LND}(A) denotes the set of locally nilpotent derivations of AA.

Makar-Limanov invariant stability conjecture.

ML⁡(A[x1,…,xn])=ML⁡(A).\operatorname{ML}(A[x_1,\dots,x_n])=\operatorname{ML}(A).

The inclusion ML⁡(A[x1,…,xn])⊆ML⁡(A)\operatorname{ML}(A[x_1,\dots,x_n])\subseteq\operatorname{ML}(A) is immediate, while the reverse inclusion is subtle and is closely connected to the cancellation problem. The supplied text gives no evidence resolving this assertion.

References

Primary source

César F. Venegas R. and Helbert J. Venegas R, “Cancellation problem via locally nilpotent derivations”, arXiv:2512.15590 (2026).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2205.02513, arXiv:2009.11457.

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