We prove that every locally nilpotent monomial k-derivation of k[X₁,...,Xₙ] is triangular, whenever k is a ring of characteristic zero. A method of testing monomial k-derivations for local nilpotency is also presented.
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author = {Marek Kara\'s},
title = {Locally Nilpotent Monomial Derivations},
journal = {Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics},
volume = {52},
year = {2004},
pages = {119-121},
zbl = {1096.13527},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba52-2-2}
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Marek Karaś. Locally Nilpotent Monomial Derivations. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics, Tome 52 (2004) pp. 119-121. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba52-2-2/