Zariski's cancellation conjecture for polynomial algebras

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Let RR be an algebra over a field KK, let zz be an indeterminate, and let x1,,xnx_1,\dots,x_n be commuting indeterminates. Zariski's cancellation conjecture. If

R[z]KK[x1,,xn],R[z]\cong_K K[x_1,\dots,x_n],

then

RK[x1,,xn1].R\cong K[x_1,\dots,x_{n-1}].

The conjecture is proved for n=2n=2 and n=3n=3 under the results described in the source, including arbitrary fields when n=3n=3; for n4n\geq 4, it remains open to the authors' knowledge.

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Primary source

Vesselin Drensky and Jie-Tai Yu, “Cancellation conjecture for free associative algebras”, arXiv:math/0606517 (2006).

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