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A derivation on a ring 𝑅 is a map 𝐷:𝑅→𝑅 satisfying 𝐷(𝑎+𝑏)=𝐷(𝑎)+𝐷(𝑏) and 𝐷(𝑎𝑏)=𝑎𝐷(𝑏)+𝐷(𝑎)𝑏.
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Locally nilpotent derivations and triangularizability
If $ k $ is a field of characteristic zero and $ \delta \in T_{\mathbb{A}^{n}_{k}/k} $, then $ \delta $ is triangular if $ \delta = \sum_{i=2}^{n} f_{i}(x_{1},\dots,x_{i-1}) \frac{\partial}{\partial ...
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