Volčič's invariant-subspace Nullstellensatz conjecture

Let K\mathbb{K} be a field, let f1,,fl,gKxf_1,\ldots,f_l,g\in\mathbb{K}\langle\underline{x}\rangle be noncommutative polynomials, and for each nNn\in\mathbb{N} and XMn(K)d\underline{X}\in\mathrm{M}_n(\mathbb{K})^d consider the joint invariant subspaces of f1(X),,fl(X)f_1(\underline{X}),\ldots,f_l(\underline{X}). Volčič's conjecture. The following conditions are equivalent: (i) for all nNn\in\mathbb{N} and XMn(K)d\underline{X}\in\mathrm{M}_n(\mathbb{K})^d, every joint invariant subspace for f1(X),,fl(X)f_1(\underline{X}),\ldots,f_l(\underline{X}) is invariant for g(X)g(\underline{X}); (ii) gg belongs to the unital K\mathbb{K}-algebra generated by f1,,flf_1,\ldots,f_l. This extends the directional-zero Nullstellensatz from joint kernel spaces to joint invariant subspaces. The conjecture is true for l=1l=1, but remains open for l>1l>1; the paper addresses the latter case.

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Sizhuo Yan, Jianting Yang and Lihong Zhi, “A Homogeneous Nullstellensatz for Joint Invariant Subspaces”, arXiv:2602.22233 (2026).

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