The fixed-point criterion equivalent to the Jacobian conjecture

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Let P:C2→C2P:\mathbb C^2\rightarrow\mathbb C^2 satisfy J(P)≡1J(P)\equiv 1. Suppose there exists an algebraic function defined on some open set U{\cal U} such that P∘Q=PP\circ Q=P, and suppose that QQ has finite order. The fixed-point criterion equivalent to the Jacobian conjecture. The map QQ has a fixed point. The source presents this fixed-point statement as equivalent to the Jacobian conjecture; the paper's surrounding discussion indicates that this formulation is proposed as a route to proving the conjecture, while the general Jacobian conjecture remains open.

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Richard J. Lipton and Evangelos Markakis, “Some Remarks on the Jacobian Conjecture and Connections with Hilbert's Irreducibility Theorem”, arXiv:math/0507525 (2005).

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