Abstract:
Let K be a field of characteristic zero, and let A1=K[x][∂] be the first Weyl algebra. In the present paper, we prove the following two results.
Assume that there exists a nonzero polynomial f(X,Y)∈K[X,Y] such that (i) f has a nontrivial solution (P,Q)∈A21
with [P,Q]=0; (ii) the set of solutions of f in A21 splits into finitely many Aut(A1)-orbits under the natural actuon of the group Aut(A1). Then the Dixmier conjecture holds; i.e., every φ∈End(A1)∖{0} is an automorphism.
Assume that φ∈End(A1) is an endomorphism of monomial type. (In particular, it is not an automorphism; see Theorem 4.1.) Then φ has no nontrivial fixed points; i.e. there exists no P∈A1∖K such that φ(P)=P.
This research was partially supported by the National Key R and D Program of China
(under grant no. 2020YFE0204200).
The work of the second author was partially supported by RSF grant no. 22-11-00272.
The work was also partially supported by the School of Mathematical Sciences,
Peking University and Sino-Russian Mathematics Center as well as by the Moscow
Center of Fundamental and applied mathematics at Lomonosov Moscow State University.