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    Centrone, Lucio; Fındık, Şehmus

    Journal of algebra, 06/2020, Volume: 552
    Journal Article

    A linear locally nilpotent derivation of the polynomial algebra KXm in m variables over a field K of characteristic 0 is called a Weitzenböck derivation. It is well known from the classical theorem of Weitzenböck that the algebra of constants KXmδ of a Weitzenböck derivation δ is finitely generated. Assume that δ acts on the polynomial algebra KX2d in 2d variables as follows: δ(x2i)=x2i−1, δ(x2i−1)=0, i=1,…,d. The Nowicki conjecture states that the algebra KX2dδ is generated by x1,x3.…,x2d−1, and x2i−1x2j−x2ix2j−1, 1≤i<j≤d. The conjecture was proved by several authors based on different techniques. We apply the same idea to two relatively free algebras of rank 2d. We give the infinite set of generators of the algebra of constants in the free metabelian associative algebras F2d(A), and finite set of generators in the free algebra F2d(G) in the variety determined by the identities of the infinite dimensional Grassmann algebra.