Combinatorial quantum field theory and the Jacobian conjecture

Abstract

In this short review we first recall combinatorial or (0−dimensional) quantum field theory (QFT). We then give the main idea of a standard QFT method, called the intermediate field method, and we review how to apply this method to a combinatorial QFT reformulation of the celebrated Jacobian Conjecture on the invertibility of polynomial systems. This approach establishes a related theorem concerning partial elimination of variables that implies a reduction of the generic case to the quadratic one. Note that this does not imply solving the Jacobian Conjecture, because one needs to introduce a supplementary parameter for the dimension of a certain linear subspace where the system holds.