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On the ring of constants for derivations of power series rings in two variables

Leonid Makar-Limanov, Andrzej Nowicki (2001)

Colloquium Mathematicae

Let k[[x,y]] be the formal power series ring in two variables over a field k of characteristic zero and let d be a nonzero derivation of k[[x,y]]. We prove that if Ker(d) ≠ k then Ker(d) = Ker(δ), where δ is a jacobian derivation of k[[x,y]]. Moreover, Ker(d) is of the form k[[h]] for some h ∈ k[[x,y]].

On the S-Euclidean minimum of an ideal class

Kevin J. McGown (2015)

Acta Arithmetica

We show that the S-Euclidean minimum of an ideal class is a rational number, generalizing a result of Cerri. In the proof, we actually obtain a slight refinement of this and give some corollaries which explain the relationship of our results with Lenstra's notion of a norm-Euclidean ideal class and the conjecture of Barnes and Swinnerton-Dyer on quadratic forms. In particular, we resolve a conjecture of Lenstra except when the S-units have rank one. The proof is self-contained but uses ideas from...

On the ultrametric Stone-Weierstrass theorem and Mahler's expansion

Paul-Jean Cahen, Jean-Luc Chabert (2002)

Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux

We describe an ultrametric version of the Stone-Weierstrass theorem, without any assumption on the residue field. If E is a subset of a rank-one valuation domain V , we show that the ring of polynomial functions is dense in the ring of continuous functions from E to V if and only if the topological closure E ^ of E in the completion V ^ of V is compact. We then show how to expand continuous functions in sums of polynomials.

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