The tame generators problem asked if every invertible polynomial map is tame, i.e. a finite composition of so-called elementary maps. Recently in [8] it was shown that the classical Nagata automorphism in dimension 3 is not tame. The proof is long and very technical. The aim of this paper is to present the main ideas of that proof.
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author = {Arno van den Essen},
title = {The solution of the Tame Generators Conjecture according to Shestakov and Umirbaev},
journal = {Colloquium Mathematicae},
volume = {100},
year = {2004},
pages = {181-194},
zbl = {1060.14087},
language = {en},
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Arno van den Essen. The solution of the Tame Generators Conjecture according to Shestakov and Umirbaev. Colloquium Mathematicae, Tome 100 (2004) pp. 181-194. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-cm100-2-3/