## Tohoku Mathematical Journal

### Shestakov-Umirbaev reductions and Nagata's conjecture on a polynomial automorphism

Shigeru Kuroda

#### Abstract

In 2003, Shestakov-Umirbaev solved Nagata's conjecture on an automorphism of a polynomial ring. In the present paper, we reconstruct their theory by using the “generalized Shestakov-Umirbaev inequality”, which was recently given by the author. As a consequence, we obtain a more precise tameness criterion for polynomial automorphisms. In particular, we deduce that no tame automorphism of a polynomial ring admits a reduction of type IV.

#### Article information

Source
Tohoku Math. J. (2), Volume 62, Number 1 (2010), 75-115.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 31 March 2010

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1270041028

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2748/tmj/1270041028

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2654304

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1210.14072

#### Citation

Kuroda, Shigeru. Shestakov-Umirbaev reductions and Nagata's conjecture on a polynomial automorphism. Tohoku Math. J. (2) 62 (2010), no. 1, 75--115. doi:10.2748/tmj/1270041028. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1270041028

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