Algebraic Theory of Locally Nilpotent Derivations

Download or read book Algebraic Theory of Locally Nilpotent Derivations written by Gene Freudenburg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the theory and application of locally nilpotent derivations. It provides a unified treatment of the subject, beginning with sixteen First Principles on which the entire theory is based. These are used to establish classical results, such as Rentschler’s Theorem for the plane, right up to the most recent results, such as Makar-Limanov’s Theorem for locally nilpotent derivations of polynomial rings. The book also includes a wealth of pexamples and open problems.