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We show that the GVC (generalized vanishing conjecture) holds for the differential operator $\Lambda =({\partial }_x-\Phi \left({\partial }_y\right)){\partial }_y$ and all polynomials $P(x,y)$, where $\Phi \left(t\right)$ is any polynomial over the base field. The GVC arose from the study of the Jacobian conjecture.

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and $B$ a $k$-domain. Let $R$ be a retract of $B$ being the kernel of a locally nilpotent derivation of $B$. We show that if $B=R\oplus I$ for some principal ideal $I$ (in particular, if $B$ is a UFD), then $B=R^{\left[1\right]}$, i.e., $B$ is a polynomial algebra over $R$ in one variable. It is natural to ask that, if a retract $R$ of a $k$-UFD $B$ is the kernel of two commuting locally nilpotent derivations of $B$, then does it follow that $B\cong R^{\left[2\right]}$? We give a negative answer to this question. The interest in retracts comes...