The vanishing conjecture for Hessian nilpotent polynomials

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Let z=(z1,z2,…,zn)z=(z_1,z_2,\dots,z_n) be free commutative variables, let Di=∂∂ziD_i=\frac{\partial}{\partial z_i}, and let

Δ:=∑i=1nDi2\Delta:=\sum_{i=1}^n D_i^2

be the Laplace operator on C[z]\mathbb C[z]. A polynomial P(z)P(z) is Hessian nilpotent if its Hessian matrix is nilpotent. Vanishing conjecture. For any Hessian nilpotent polynomial P(z)P(z) homogeneous of degree d=4d=4, one has

ΔmPm+1(z)=0\Delta^m P^{m+1}(z)=0

when m≫0m\gg0.

This conjecture is equivalent to the Jacobian conjecture after the homogeneous and symmetric reductions: the relevant symmetric polynomial maps have the form F(z)=z−∇P(z)F(z)=z-\nabla P(z), with PP homogeneous of degree four and Hessian nilpotent. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source context.

References

Primary source

Wenhua Zhao, “Some Properties of and Open Problems on Hessian Nilpotent Polynomials”, arXiv:0704.1689 (2008).

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