Locally nilpotent derivations of rings graded by an abelian group

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Locally nilpotent derivations of rings with roots adjoined

Embeddings of Danielewski surfaces

A Danielewski surface is defined by a polynomial of the form P=x nz −p(y). Define also the polynomial P ′ =x nz −r(x)p(y) where r(x) is a non-constant polynomial of degree ≤n−1 and r(0)=1. We show that, when n≥2 and deg p(y)≥2, the general fibers of P and P ′ are not isomorphic as algebraic surfaces, but that the zero fibers are isomorphic. Consequently, for every non-special Danielewski surface S, there exist non-equivalent algebraic embeddings of S in ℂ3. Using different methods, we also give non-equivalent embeddings of the surfaces xz=(y d n >−1) for an infinite sequence of integers d n . We then consider a certain algebraic action of the orthogonal group $\mathcal O(2)$ on ℂ4 which was…