The divergence criterion for polynomial inverse maps

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Let a(z)∈C2[[z1,z2,…,zn]]a(z)\in {\mathbb C}_2[[z_1,z_2,\ldots,z_n]] satisfy

▽a(z)=0.\triangledown a(z)=0.

Define the formal differential operator A=a(z)∂∂zA=a(z)\frac{\partial}{\partial z} and the formal maps

F(z)=exp⁡(A)z,G(z)=exp⁡(−A)z.F(z)=\exp(A)z,\qquad G(z)=\exp(-A)z.

Divergence criterion. The map F(z)F(z) is polynomial if and only if G(z)G(z) is polynomial. The source presents this as an algebraic formulation equivalent to the Jacobian conjecture, so it remains open.

References

Primary source

Wenhua Zhao, “Exponential Formulas for the Jacobians and Jacobian Matrices of Analytic Maps”, arXiv:math/0209312 (2002).

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