The ring of constants of the Volterra derivation is found. Confirming a conjecture of Zielinski, it is always a polynomial ring.
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author = {P\'al Heged\H us},
title = {The constants of the Volterra derivation},
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volume = {10},
year = {2012},
pages = {969-973},
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Pál Hegedűs. The constants of the Volterra derivation. Open Mathematics, Tome 10 (2012) pp. 969-973. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.doi-10_2478_s11533-012-0024-8/
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