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  • In mathematics, a derivation



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    of a commutative ring



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is called a locally nilpotent derivation (LND) if every element of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is annihilated by some power of



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    .
    One motivation for the study of locally nilpotent derivations comes from the fact that some of the counterexamples to Hilbert's 14th problem are obtained as the kernels of a derivation on a polynomial ring.
    Over a field



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    of characteristic zero, to give a locally nilpotent derivation on the integral domain



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    , finitely generated over the field, is equivalent to giving an action of the additive group



    (
    k
    ,
    +
    )


    {\displaystyle (k,+)}

    to the affine variety



    X
    =
    Spec
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle X=\operatorname {Spec} (A)}

    . Roughly speaking, an affine variety admitting "plenty" of actions of the additive group is considered similar to an affine space.


    Definition


    Let



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    be a ring. Recall that a derivation of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is a map



    βˆ‚
    :

    A
    β†’
    A


    {\displaystyle \partial \colon \,A\to A}

    satisfying the Leibniz rule



    βˆ‚
    (
    a
    b
    )
    =
    (
    βˆ‚
    a
    )
    b
    +
    a
    (
    βˆ‚
    b
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial (ab)=(\partial a)b+a(\partial b)}

    for any



    a
    ,
    b
    ∈
    A


    {\displaystyle a,b\in A}

    . If



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is an algebra over a field



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    , we additionally require



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    to be



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    -linear, so



    k
    βŠ†
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle k\subseteq \ker \partial }

    .
    A derivation



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    is called a locally nilpotent derivation (LND) if for every



    a
    ∈
    A


    {\displaystyle a\in A}

    , there exists a positive integer



    n


    {\displaystyle n}

    such that




    βˆ‚

    n


    (
    a
    )
    =
    0


    {\displaystyle \partial ^{n}(a)=0}

    .
    If



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is graded, we say that a locally nilpotent derivation



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    is homogeneous (of degree



    d


    {\displaystyle d}

    ) if



    deg
    ⁑
    βˆ‚
    a
    =
    deg
    ⁑
    a
    +
    d


    {\displaystyle \deg \partial a=\deg a+d}

    for every



    a
    ∈
    A


    {\displaystyle a\in A}

    .
    The set of locally nilpotent derivations of a ring



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is denoted by



    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    . Note that this set has no obvious structure: it is neither closed under addition (e.g. if




    βˆ‚

    1


    =
    y



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    x






    {\displaystyle \partial _{1}=y{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x}}}

    ,




    βˆ‚

    2


    =
    x



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    y






    {\displaystyle \partial _{2}=x{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial y}}}

    then




    βˆ‚

    1


    ,

    βˆ‚

    2


    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    k
    [
    x
    ,
    y
    ]
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial _{1},\partial _{2}\in \operatorname {LND} (k[x,y])}

    but



    (

    βˆ‚

    1


    +

    βˆ‚

    2



    )

    2


    (
    x
    )
    =
    x


    {\displaystyle (\partial _{1}+\partial _{2})^{2}(x)=x}

    , so




    βˆ‚

    1


    +

    βˆ‚

    2


    βˆ‰
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    k
    [
    x
    ,
    y
    ]
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial _{1}+\partial _{2}\not \in \operatorname {LND} (k[x,y])}

    ) nor under multiplication by elements of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    (e.g.






    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    x




    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    k
    [
    x
    ]
    )


    {\displaystyle {\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x}}\in \operatorname {LND} (k[x])}

    , but



    x



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    x




    βˆ‰
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    k
    [
    x
    ]
    )


    {\displaystyle x{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x}}\not \in \operatorname {LND} (k[x])}

    ). However, if



    [

    βˆ‚

    1


    ,

    βˆ‚

    2


    ]
    =
    0


    {\displaystyle [\partial _{1},\partial _{2}]=0}

    then




    βˆ‚

    1


    ,

    βˆ‚

    2


    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial _{1},\partial _{2}\in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    implies




    βˆ‚

    1


    +

    βˆ‚

    2


    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial _{1}+\partial _{2}\in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    and if



    βˆ‚
    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial \in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    ,



    h
    ∈
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle h\in \ker \partial }

    then



    h
    βˆ‚
    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle h\partial \in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    .


    Relation to Ga-actions


    Let



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    be an algebra over a field



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    of characteristic zero (e.g.



    k
    =

    C



    {\displaystyle k=\mathbb {C} }

    ). Then there is a one-to-one correspondence between the locally nilpotent



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    -derivations on



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    and the actions of the additive group





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    of



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    on the affine variety



    Spec
    ⁑
    A


    {\displaystyle \operatorname {Spec} A}

    , as follows.
    A





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -action on



    Spec
    ⁑
    A


    {\displaystyle \operatorname {Spec} A}

    corresponds to a



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    -algebra homomorphism



    ρ
    :
    A
    β†’
    A
    [
    t
    ]


    {\displaystyle \rho \colon A\to A[t]}

    . Any such



    ρ


    {\displaystyle \rho }

    determines a locally nilpotent derivation



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    by taking its derivative at zero, namely



    βˆ‚
    =
    Ο΅
    ∘



    d

    d
    t




    ∘
    ρ
    ,


    {\displaystyle \partial =\epsilon \circ {\tfrac {d}{dt}}\circ \rho ,}

    where



    Ο΅


    {\displaystyle \epsilon }

    denotes the evaluation at



    t
    =
    0


    {\displaystyle t=0}

    .
    Conversely, any locally nilpotent derivation



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    determines a homomorphism



    ρ
    :
    A
    β†’
    A
    [
    t
    ]


    {\displaystyle \rho \colon A\to A[t]}

    by



    ρ
    =
    exp
    ⁑
    (
    t
    βˆ‚
    )
    =

    βˆ‘

    n
    =
    0


    ∞





    t

    n



    n
    !




    βˆ‚

    n


    .


    {\displaystyle \rho =\exp(t\partial )=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {t^{n}}{n!}}\partial ^{n}.}


    It is easy to see that the conjugate actions correspond to conjugate derivations, i.e. if



    Ξ±
    ∈
    Aut
    ⁑
    A


    {\displaystyle \alpha \in \operatorname {Aut} A}

    and



    βˆ‚
    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial \in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    then



    Ξ±
    ∘
    βˆ‚
    ∘

    Ξ±

    βˆ’
    1


    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \alpha \circ \partial \circ \alpha ^{-1}\in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    and



    exp
    ⁑
    (
    t
    β‹…
    Ξ±
    ∘
    βˆ‚
    ∘

    Ξ±

    βˆ’
    1


    )
    =
    Ξ±
    ∘
    exp
    ⁑
    (
    t
    βˆ‚
    )
    ∘

    Ξ±

    βˆ’
    1




    {\displaystyle \exp(t\cdot \alpha \circ \partial \circ \alpha ^{-1})=\alpha \circ \exp(t\partial )\circ \alpha ^{-1}}



    The kernel algorithm


    The algebra



    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \ker \partial }

    consists of the invariants of the corresponding





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -action. It is algebraically and factorially closed in



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    . A special case of Hilbert's 14th problem asks whether



    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \ker \partial }

    is finitely generated, or, if



    A
    =
    k
    [
    X
    ]


    {\displaystyle A=k[X]}

    , whether the quotient



    X

    /



    /



    G


    a




    {\displaystyle X/\!/\mathbb {G} _{a}}

    is affine. By Zariski's finiteness theorem, it is true if



    dim
    ⁑
    X
    ≀
    3


    {\displaystyle \dim X\leq 3}

    . On the other hand, this question is highly nontrivial even for



    X
    =


    C


    n




    {\displaystyle X=\mathbb {C} ^{n}}

    ,



    n
    β‰₯
    4


    {\displaystyle n\geq 4}

    . For



    n
    β‰₯
    5


    {\displaystyle n\geq 5}

    the answer, in general, is negative. The case



    n
    =
    4


    {\displaystyle n=4}

    is open.
    However, in practice it often happens that



    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \ker \partial }

    is known to be finitely generated: notably, by the Maurer–WeitzenbΓΆck theorem, it is the case for linear LND's of the polynomial algebra over a field of characteristic zero (by linear we mean homogeneous of degree zero with respect to the standard grading).
    Assume



    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \ker \partial }

    is finitely generated. If



    A
    =
    k
    [

    g

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    g

    n


    ]


    {\displaystyle A=k[g_{1},\dots ,g_{n}]}

    is a finitely generated algebra over a field of characteristic zero, then



    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \ker \partial }

    can be computed using van den Essen's algorithm, as follows. Choose a local slice, i.e. an element



    r
    ∈
    ker
    ⁑

    βˆ‚

    2


    βˆ–
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle r\in \ker \partial ^{2}\setminus \ker \partial }

    and put



    f
    =
    βˆ‚
    r
    ∈
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle f=\partial r\in \ker \partial }

    . Let




    Ο€

    r


    :

    A
    β†’
    (
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚

    )

    f




    {\displaystyle \pi _{r}\colon \,A\to (\ker \partial )_{f}}

    be the Dixmier map given by




    Ο€

    r


    (
    a
    )
    =

    βˆ‘

    n
    =
    0


    ∞





    (
    βˆ’
    1

    )

    n




    n
    !




    βˆ‚

    n


    (
    a
    )



    r

    n



    f

    n






    {\displaystyle \pi _{r}(a)=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(-1)^{n}}{n!}}\partial ^{n}(a){\frac {r^{n}}{f^{n}}}}

    . Now for every



    i
    =
    1
    ,
    …
    ,
    n


    {\displaystyle i=1,\dots ,n}

    , chose a minimal integer




    m

    i




    {\displaystyle m_{i}}

    such that




    h

    i


    :
    =

    f


    m

    i





    Ο€

    r


    (

    g

    i


    )
    ∈
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle h_{i}\colon =f^{m_{i}}\pi _{r}(g_{i})\in \ker \partial }

    , put




    B

    0


    =
    k
    [

    h

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    h

    n


    ,
    f
    ]
    βŠ†
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle B_{0}=k[h_{1},\dots ,h_{n},f]\subseteq \ker \partial }

    , and define inductively




    B

    i




    {\displaystyle B_{i}}

    to be the subring of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    generated by



    {
    h
    ∈
    A
    :
    f
    h
    ∈

    B

    i
    βˆ’
    1


    }


    {\displaystyle \{h\in A:fh\in B_{i-1}\}}

    . By induction, one proves that




    B

    0


    βŠ‚

    B

    1


    βŠ‚
    β‹―
    βŠ‚
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle B_{0}\subset B_{1}\subset \dots \subset \ker \partial }

    are finitely generated and if




    B

    i


    =

    B

    i
    +
    1




    {\displaystyle B_{i}=B_{i+1}}

    then




    B

    i


    =
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle B_{i}=\ker \partial }

    , so




    B

    N


    =
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle B_{N}=\ker \partial }

    for some



    N


    {\displaystyle N}

    . Finding the generators of each




    B

    i




    {\displaystyle B_{i}}

    and checking whether




    B

    i


    =

    B

    i
    +
    1




    {\displaystyle B_{i}=B_{i+1}}

    is a standard computation using GrΓΆbner bases.


    Slice theorem


    Assume that



    βˆ‚
    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    A
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial \in \operatorname {LND} (A)}

    admits a slice, i.e.



    s
    ∈
    A


    {\displaystyle s\in A}

    such that



    βˆ‚
    s
    =
    1


    {\displaystyle \partial s=1}

    . The slice theorem asserts that



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is a polynomial algebra



    (
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚
    )
    [
    s
    ]


    {\displaystyle (\ker \partial )[s]}

    and



    βˆ‚
    =



    d

    d
    s






    {\displaystyle \partial ={\tfrac {d}{ds}}}

    .
    For any local slice



    r
    ∈
    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚
    βˆ–
    ker
    ⁑

    βˆ‚

    2




    {\displaystyle r\in \ker \partial \setminus \ker \partial ^{2}}

    we can apply the slice theorem to the localization




    A

    βˆ‚
    r




    {\displaystyle A_{\partial r}}

    , and thus obtain that



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is locally a polynomial algebra with a standard derivation. In geometric terms, if a geometric quotient



    Ο€
    :

    X
    β†’
    X

    /


    /



    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \pi \colon \,X\to X//\mathbb {G} _{a}}

    is affine (e.g. when



    dim
    ⁑
    X
    ≀
    3


    {\displaystyle \dim X\leq 3}

    by the Zariski theorem), then it has a Zariski-open subset



    U


    {\displaystyle U}

    such that




    Ο€

    βˆ’
    1


    (
    U
    )


    {\displaystyle \pi ^{-1}(U)}

    is isomorphic over



    U


    {\displaystyle U}

    to



    U
    Γ—


    A


    1




    {\displaystyle U\times \mathbb {A} ^{1}}

    , where





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    acts by translation on the second factor.
    However, in general it is not true that



    X
    β†’
    X

    /


    /



    G


    a




    {\displaystyle X\to X//\mathbb {G} _{a}}

    is locally trivial. For example, let



    βˆ‚
    =
    u



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    x




    +
    v



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    y




    +
    (
    1
    +
    u

    y

    2


    )



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    z




    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (

    C

    [
    x
    ,
    y
    ,
    z
    ,
    u
    ,
    v
    ]
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial =u{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x}}+v{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial y}}+(1+uy^{2}){\tfrac {\partial }{\partial z}}\in \operatorname {LND} (\mathbb {C} [x,y,z,u,v])}

    . Then



    ker
    ⁑
    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \ker \partial }

    is a coordinate ring of a singular variety, and the fibers of the quotient map over singular points are two-dimensional.
    If



    dim
    ⁑
    X
    =
    3


    {\displaystyle \dim X=3}

    then



    Ξ“
    =
    X
    βˆ–
    U


    {\displaystyle \Gamma =X\setminus U}

    is a curve. To describe the





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -action, it is important to understand the geometry



    Ξ“


    {\displaystyle \Gamma }

    . Assume further that



    k
    =

    C



    {\displaystyle k=\mathbb {C} }

    and that



    X


    {\displaystyle X}

    is smooth and contractible (in which case



    S


    {\displaystyle S}

    is smooth and contractible as well) and choose



    Ξ“


    {\displaystyle \Gamma }

    to be minimal (with respect to inclusion). Then Kaliman proved that each irreducible component of



    Ξ“


    {\displaystyle \Gamma }

    is a polynomial curve, i.e. its normalization is isomorphic to





    C


    1




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} ^{1}}

    . The curve



    Ξ“


    {\displaystyle \Gamma }

    for the action given by Freudenburg's (2,5)-derivation (see below) is a union of two lines in





    C


    2




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} ^{2}}

    , so



    Ξ“


    {\displaystyle \Gamma }

    may not be irreducible. However, it is conjectured that



    Ξ“


    {\displaystyle \Gamma }

    is always contractible.


    Examples




    = Example 1

    =
    The standard coordinate derivations






    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚

    x

    i








    {\displaystyle {\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x_{i}}}}

    of a polynomial algebra



    k
    [

    x

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    x

    n


    ]


    {\displaystyle k[x_{1},\dots ,x_{n}]}

    are locally nilpotent. The corresponding





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -actions are translations:



    t
    β‹…

    x

    i


    =

    x

    i


    +
    t


    {\displaystyle t\cdot x_{i}=x_{i}+t}

    ,



    t
    β‹…

    x

    j


    =

    x

    j




    {\displaystyle t\cdot x_{j}=x_{j}}

    for



    j
    β‰ 
    i


    {\displaystyle j\neq i}

    .


    = Example 2 (Freudenburg's (2,5)-homogeneous derivation)

    =
    Let




    f

    1


    =

    x

    1



    x

    3


    βˆ’

    x

    2


    2




    {\displaystyle f_{1}=x_{1}x_{3}-x_{2}^{2}}

    ,




    f

    2


    =

    x

    3



    f

    1


    2


    +
    2

    x

    1


    2



    x

    2



    f

    1


    +

    x

    5




    {\displaystyle f_{2}=x_{3}f_{1}^{2}+2x_{1}^{2}x_{2}f_{1}+x^{5}}

    , and let



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    be the Jacobian derivation



    βˆ‚
    (

    f

    3


    )
    =
    det


    [




    βˆ‚

    f

    i




    βˆ‚

    x

    j






    ]


    i
    ,
    j
    =
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3




    {\textstyle \partial (f_{3})=\det \left[{\tfrac {\partial f_{i}}{\partial x_{j}}}\right]_{i,j=1,2,3}}

    . Then



    βˆ‚
    ∈
    LND
    ⁑
    (
    k
    [

    x

    1


    ,

    x

    2


    ,

    x

    3


    ]
    )


    {\displaystyle \partial \in \operatorname {LND} (k[x_{1},x_{2},x_{3}])}

    and



    rank
    ⁑
    βˆ‚
    =
    3


    {\displaystyle \operatorname {rank} \partial =3}

    (see below); that is,



    βˆ‚


    {\displaystyle \partial }

    annihilates no variable. The fixed point set of the corresponding





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -action equals



    {

    x

    1


    =

    x

    2


    =
    0
    }


    {\displaystyle \{x_{1}=x_{2}=0\}}

    .


    = Example 3

    =
    Consider



    S

    l

    2


    (
    k
    )
    =
    {
    a
    d
    βˆ’
    b
    c
    =
    1
    }
    βŠ†

    k

    4




    {\displaystyle Sl_{2}(k)=\{ad-bc=1\}\subseteq k^{4}}

    . The locally nilpotent derivation



    a



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    b




    +
    c



    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚
    d






    {\displaystyle a{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial b}}+c{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial d}}}

    of its coordinate ring corresponds to a natural action of





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    on



    S

    l

    2


    (
    k
    )


    {\displaystyle Sl_{2}(k)}

    via right multiplication of upper triangular matrices. This action gives a nontrivial





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -bundle over





    A


    2


    βˆ–
    {
    (
    0
    ,
    0
    )
    }


    {\displaystyle \mathbb {A} ^{2}\setminus \{(0,0)\}}

    . However, if



    k
    =

    C



    {\displaystyle k=\mathbb {C} }

    then this bundle is trivial in the smooth category


    LND's of the polynomial algebra


    Let



    k


    {\displaystyle k}

    be a field of characteristic zero (using Kambayashi's theorem one can reduce most results to the case



    k
    =

    C



    {\displaystyle k=\mathbb {C} }

    ) and let



    A
    =
    k
    [

    x

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    x

    n


    ]


    {\displaystyle A=k[x_{1},\dots ,x_{n}]}

    be a polynomial algebra.


    = n = 2 (Ga-actions on an affine plane)

    =


    = n = 3 (Ga-actions on an affine 3-space)

    =


    = Triangular derivations

    =
    Let




    f

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    f

    n




    {\displaystyle f_{1},\dots ,f_{n}}

    be any system of variables of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    ; that is,



    A
    =
    k
    [

    f

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    f

    n


    ]


    {\displaystyle A=k[f_{1},\dots ,f_{n}]}

    . A derivation of



    A


    {\displaystyle A}

    is called triangular with respect to this system of variables, if



    βˆ‚

    f

    1


    ∈
    k


    {\displaystyle \partial f_{1}\in k}

    and



    βˆ‚

    f

    i


    ∈
    k
    [

    f

    1


    ,
    …
    ,

    f

    i
    βˆ’
    1


    ]


    {\displaystyle \partial f_{i}\in k[f_{1},\dots ,f_{i-1}]}

    for



    i
    =
    2
    ,
    …
    ,
    n


    {\displaystyle i=2,\dots ,n}

    . A derivation is called triangulable if it is conjugate to a triangular one, or, equivalently, if it is triangular with respect to some system of variables. Every triangular derivation is locally nilpotent. The converse is true for



    ≀
    2


    {\displaystyle \leq 2}

    by Rentschler's theorem above, but it is not true for



    n
    β‰₯
    3


    {\displaystyle n\geq 3}

    .

    Bass's example
    The derivation of



    k
    [

    x

    1


    ,

    x

    2


    ,

    x

    3


    ]


    {\displaystyle k[x_{1},x_{2},x_{3}]}

    given by




    x

    1





    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚

    x

    2






    +
    2

    x

    2



    x

    1





    βˆ‚

    βˆ‚

    x

    3








    {\displaystyle x_{1}{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x_{2}}}+2x_{2}x_{1}{\tfrac {\partial }{\partial x_{3}}}}

    is not triangulable. Indeed, the fixed-point set of the corresponding





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -action is a quadric cone




    x

    2



    x

    3


    =

    x

    2


    2




    {\displaystyle x_{2}x_{3}=x_{2}^{2}}

    , while by the result of Popov, a fixed point set of a triangulable





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -action is isomorphic to



    Z
    Γ—


    A


    1




    {\displaystyle Z\times \mathbb {A} ^{1}}

    for some affine variety



    Z


    {\displaystyle Z}

    ; and thus cannot have an isolated singularity.


    Makar-Limanov invariant



    The intersection of the kernels of all locally nilpotent derivations of the coordinate ring, or, equivalently, the ring of invariants of all





    G


    a




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {G} _{a}}

    -actions, is called "Makar-Limanov invariant" and is an important algebraic invariant of an affine variety. For example, it is trivial for an affine space; but for the Koras–Russell cubic threefold, which is diffeomorphic to





    C


    3




    {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} ^{3}}

    , it is not.


    References




    Further reading


    A Nowicki, the fourteenth problem of hilbert for polynomial derivations

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

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