In [6], J. Dixmier posed six problems for the Weyl algebra A1 over a field K of characteristic zero. Problems 3, 5,and 6 were solved respectively by Joseph and Stein [7]; the author [1]; and Joseph [7]. Problems 1, 2, and 4 are still open.
For an arbitrary algebra A, Dixmier's problem 6 is essentially aquestion: whether an inner derivation of the algebra A of the type ad f(a), a ∈ A, f(t) ∈ K[t], degt(f(t)) > 1, has a nonzero eigenvalue. We prove that the answer is negative for many classes of algebras (e.g., rings of differential operators
on smooth irreducible algebraic varieties, all prime factor algebras of the universal enveloping algebra
of a completely solvable algebraic Lie algebra
). This gives an affirmative answer (with a short proof) to an analogue of Dixmier's Problem 6 for certain algebras of small Gelfand–Kirillov dimension, e.g. the ring of differential operators
on a smooth irreducible affine curve X, Usl(2), etc. (see [3] for details). In this paper an affirmative answer is given to an analogue of Dixmier's Problem 3 but for the ring
.