An interesting and open question is the classification of affine algebraic plane curves. Abhyankar and Moh (1977) completely described the possible links at infinity for those curves where the link has just one component, a knot. Such curves are said to have one place at infinity. The Abhyankar-Moh result has been of great assistance in classifying those polynomials which define a connected curve with one place at infinity. This paper provides a new proof of the Abhyankar-Moh result which is then...

We show that the plane Jacobian conjecture is equivalent to finite generatedness of certain modules.

In the recent work [BE1], [Me], [Burgers] and [HNP], the well-known Jacobian conjecture ([BCW], [E]) has been reduced to a problem on HN (Hessian nilpotent) polynomials (the polynomials whose Hessian matrix is nilpotent) and their (deformed) inversion pairs. In this paper, we prove several results on HN polynomials, their (deformed) inversion pairs as well as on the associated symmetric polynomial or formal maps. We also propose some open problems for further study.

Nel presente lavoro si studiano le applicazioni polinomiali proprie $$\phi :{\mathbb{R}}^n\to {\mathbb{R}}^q.$$ In particolare si prova: 1) se $\phi :{\mathbb{R}}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ è un'applicazione polinomiale tale che ${\phi }^{-1}\left(y\right)$ è compatto per ogni $y\in \mathbb{R}$, allora $\phi$ è propria; 2) se $\phi :{\mathbb{R}}^n\to {\mathbb{R}}^q$ è polinomiale a fibra compatta e $\phi \left({\mathbb{R}}^n\right)$ è chiuso in ${\mathbb{R}}^q$ allora $\phi$ è propria; 3) l'insieme delle applicazioni polinomiali proprie di ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^q$ è denso, nella topologia $C^{\mathrm{\infty }}$, nello spazio delle applicazioni $C^{\mathrm{\infty }}$ di ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^q$.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 14Q05, 14Q15, 14R20, 14D22.Let Hg be the moduli space of genus g hyperelliptic curves. In this note, we study the locus Hg (G,σ) in Hg of curves admitting a G-action of given ramification type σ and inclusions between such loci. For each genus we determine the list of all possible groups, the inclusions among the loci, and the corresponding equations of the generic curve in Hg (G, σ). The proof of the results is based solely on representations of finite subgroups...

We describe the structure of the group of algebraic automorphisms of the following surfaces 1) P1,k x P1,k minus a diagonal; 2) P1,k x P1,k minus a fiber. The motivation is to get a new proof of two theorems proven respectively by L. Makar-Limanov and H. Nagao. We also discuss the structure of the semi-group of polynomial proper maps from C2 to C2.

This article is about polynomial maps with a certain symmetry and/or antisymmetry in their Jacobians, and whether the Jacobian Conjecture is satisfied for such maps, or whether it is sufficient to prove the Jacobian Conjecture for such maps. For instance, we show that it suffices to prove the Jacobian conjecture for polynomial maps x + H over ℂ such that satisfies all symmetries of the square, where H is homogeneous of arbitrary degree d ≥ 3.