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Characterizing Two-Dimensional Maps Whose Jacobians Have Constant Eigenvalues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Marc Chamberland
Marc Chamberland*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 USA, e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Recent papers have shown that ${{C}^{1}}$ maps $F:\,{{\mathbb{R}}^{2}}\,\to {{\mathbb{R}}^{2}}$ whose Jacobians have constant eigenvalues can be completely characterized if either the eigenvalues are equal or $F$ is a polynomial. Specifically, $F\,=\,(u,\,v)$ must take the form

$$u\,=\,ax\,+\,by\,+\,\beta \phi (\alpha x\,+\,\beta y)\,+\,e$$
$$v\,=\,cx\,+\,dy\,-\,\alpha \phi \,(\alpha x\,+\,\beta y)\,+\,f$$

for some constants $a,\,b,\,c,\,d,\,e,\,f,\,\alpha ,\,\beta $ and a ${{C}^{1}}$ function $\phi $ in one variable. If, in addition, the function $\phi $ is not affine, then

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$$\alpha \beta (d\,-\,a)\,+\,b{{\alpha }^{2}}\,-\,c{{\beta }^{2}}\,=\,0.$$

This paper shows how these theorems cannot be extended by constructing a real-analytic map whose Jacobian eigenvalues are $\pm 1/2$ and does not fit the previous form. This example is also used to construct non-obvious solutions to nonlinear PDEs, including the Monge—Ampère equation.

Keywords

26B1014R1535L70Jacobian ConjectureinjectivityMonge—Ampère equation
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , 01 September 2003 , pp. 323 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2003

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