We study some properties of the affine plane. First we describe the set of fixed points of a polynomial automorphism of ℂ². Next we classify completely so-called identity sets for polynomial automorphisms of ℂ². Finally, we show that a sufficiently general Zariski open affine subset of the affine plane has a finite group of automorphisms.

It is known that it is sufficient to consider in the Jacobian Conjecture only polynomial mappings of the form $F(x₁,...,x_n)=x-H\left(x\right):=(x₁-H₁(x₁,...,x_n),...,x_n-H_n(x₁,...,x_n))$, where $H_j$ are homogeneous polynomials of degree 3 with real coefficients (or $H_j=0$), j = 1,...,n and H’(x) is a nilpotent matrix for each $x=(x₁,...,x_n)\in {ℝ}^n$. We give another proof of Yu’s theorem that in the case of non-negative coefficients of H the mapping F is a polynomial automorphism, and we moreover prove that in that case $deg{F}^{-1}\le {\left(degF\right)}^{indF-1}$, where $indF:=maxind{H}^{\text{'}}\left(x\right):x\in {ℝ}^n$. Note that the above inequality is not true when the coefficients of...

The paper contains the formulation of the problem and an almost up-to-date survey of some results in the area.

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p\>0$. We study obstructions to lifting to characteristic $0$ the faithful continuous action $\phi$ of a finite group $G$ on $k\left[\right[t\left]\right]$. To each such $\phi$ a theorem of Katz and Gabber associates an action of $G$ on a smooth projective curve $Y$ over $k$. We say that the KGB obstruction of $\phi$ vanishes if $G$ acts on a smooth projective curve $X$ in characteristic $0$ in such a way that $X/H$ and $Y/H$ have the same genus for all subgroups $H\subset G$. We determine for which $G$ the KGB obstruction...

Sea X una superficie de Riemann de género g. Diremos que la superficie X es elíptica-hiperelíptica si admite una involución conforme h de modo que X/〈h〉 tenga género uno. La involución h se llama entonces involución elíptica-hiperelíptica. Si g > 5 entonces la involución h es única, ver [1]. Llamamos simetría a toda involución anticonforme de X. Sea Aut±(X) el grupo de automorfismos conformes y anticonformes de X y σ, τ dos simetrías de X con puntos fijos y tales que {σ, hσ} y {τ, hτ} no...