Triangular derivations related to problems on affine 𝑛-space

van den Essen, Arno; van Rossum, Peter

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Triangular derivations related to problems on affine $n$-space
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Abstract:

This paper studies the Cancellation Problem, the Embedding Problem, and the Linearization Problem. It shows how these problems can be related to a special class of locally nilpotent derivations.

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