The Hessian conjecture for formal Legendre transforms

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Let KK be a field of characteristic 00, let φK[x1,,xn]\varphi\in K[x_1,\ldots,x_n] be a polynomial whose Hessian determinant is a nonzero constant, and let φˉ\bar\varphi be its formal Legendre transform, defined from the formal inverse of φ\nabla\varphi. Hessian conjecture. Then φˉ\bar\varphi is also a polynomial. The conjecture is known when K=RK=\mathbb{R} and the Hessian matrix of φ\varphi is positive or negative definite somewhere, and is equivalent to the Jacobian conjecture; the general case therefore remains open.

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Guowu Meng, “Legendre Transform, Hessian Conjecture and Tree Formula”, arXiv:math-ph/0308035 (2005).

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