In this thesis, we introduce the theory of locally nilpotent derivations and use it to compute certain ring invariants.
We prove some results about quasi-extensions of derivations and use them to show that certain rings are non-rigid.
Our main result states that if k is a field of characteristic zero, C is an affine k-domain and
B = C[T,Y] / < T^nY - f(T) >, where n >= 2 and f(T) \in C[T] is such that
delta^2(f(0)) != 0 for all nonzero locally nilpotent derivations delta of C,
then ML(B) != k.
This shows in particular that the ring B is not a polynomial ring over k.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/35072 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Chitayat, Michael |
| Contributors | Daigle, Daniel |
| Publisher | Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa |
| Source Sets | Université d’Ottawa |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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