Abhyankar–Moh theorem

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In mathematics, the Abhyankar–Moh theorem states that any embedding of the affine line in the affine plane extends to an automorphism of the plane.

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• S. S. Abhyankar, T-t. Moh, Embeddings of the line in the plane J. Reine Angew. Math. , 276 (1975) pp. 148–166
• M. Hazewinkel (2001), “Abhyankar–Moh theorem”, in Hazewinkel, Michiel, Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-1556080104