Zariski's cancellation conjecture for polynomial algebras
Let be an algebra over a field , let be an indeterminate, and let be commuting indeterminates. Zariski's cancellation conjecture. If
then
The conjecture is proved for and under the results described in the source, including arbitrary fields when ; for , it remains open to the authors' knowledge.
References
Primary source
Vesselin Drensky and Jie-Tai Yu, “Cancellation conjecture for free associative algebras”, arXiv:math/0606517 (2006).
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RemarkAI-assistedClaimed by OpenAI. The manuscript claims an integral complex affine fourfold that is not affine four-space although its product with affine one-space is affine five-space, with related stable-coordinate and affine-fibration counterexamples.See full solution
Claimed by OpenAI. The manuscript claims an integral complex affine fourfold that is not affine four-space although its product with affine one-space is affine five-space, with related stable-coordinate and affine-fibration counterexamples.
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