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Poisson Conjecture


The Poisson conjecture asserts that every endomorphism of the canonical polynomial Poisson algebra over a field of characteristic 0 is an automorphism. Here the endomorphisms must preserve the canonical Poisson bracket. On F[x_1,...,x_n,p_1,...,p_n], this Poisson bracket is determined by {p_i,x_j}=delta_(ij) and zero Poisson brackets between the x variables or between the p variables. The integer n counts canonical pairs, so the algebra has 2n polynomial generators.

The conjecture is closely related to the Jacobian conjecture and the Dixmier conjecture. Preserving the canonical Poisson bracket forces the associated polynomial map to have constant Jacobian determinant 1, but global invertibility is the additional requirement.

Long (2026) reported an explicit noninvertible polynomial map preserving the Poisson bracket with two canonical pairs, hence four variables. One coordinate is x(2-3xq), and a fiber of the map has three points. The paper also gives a proposed counterexample to the Dixmier conjecture for the fourth Weyl algebra. ChatGPT supplied the construction with additional AI auditing, and Long checked the argument. Independent external verification of these claims had not been reported as of Sep. 7, 2026.


See also

Dixmier Conjecture, Jacobian Conjecture, Poisson Bracket, Polynomial Map

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References

Long, C. D. "An Explicit Counterexample to the Rank-Two Poisson Conjecture." 22 Jul 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23777.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Poisson Conjecture." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PoissonConjecture.html

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