On relative real holomorphy rings.
Let k be a field of chracteristic p > 0. We describe all derivations of the polynomial algebra k[x,y], homogeneous with respect to a given weight vector, in particular all monomial derivations, with the ring of constants of the form , where .
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 12D10.We show that for n = 4 they are realizable either by hyperbolic polynomials of degree 4 or by non-hyperbolic polynomials of degree 6 whose fourth derivatives never vanish (these are a particular case of the so-called hyperbolic polynomial-like functions of degree 4).
Some results and problems that arise in connection with the foundations of the theory of ruled and rational field extensions are discussed.
The article is a survey on problem of the theorem of Hurwitz. The starting point of explanations is Schur's decomposition theorem for polynomials. It is showed how to obtain the well-known criteria on the distribution of roots of polynomials. The theorem on uniqueness of constants in Schur's decomposition seems to be new.