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Does any derivation of commutative algebra preserve its nil-radical?
Given a commutative associative unital algebra over a field of characteristic zero.
Is it true that any derivation of it preseves its nil-radical?
More explicitly, let $D$ be a derivation of an ...
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Derivations of differential operators
For a smooth affine variety $\operatorname{Spec} A$ over a ring $R$ we have an algebra of differential operators $\mathcal{D}_A$ (here I mean not the Grothendieck differential operators but PD-ones). ...
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Question about basis of $\text{Der}_{k}(k[X])$
Let $k[X] = k[x_1,\ldots, x_n]$ be the polynomial ring over a field of characteristic zero.
Assume that $(D_1,\ldots, D_n)$ is a $k[X]$-basis of $\text{Der}_k(k[X])$. Suppose that the vector space $\...
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Locally nilpotent derivation on $A[X,Y]$ whose kernel is $A$; where $A$ is an affine $k$ domain, $char k=0$
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and $A$ be a $k$-algebra. A derivation on $A$ is a $k$-linear map $D: A \to A$ such that $D(ab)=aD(b)+bD(a), \forall a,b \in A$. A derivation is called ...