On stable and fixed polynomials

Abstract

Let $\nu$ be a rank one valuation on $K[x]$ and $\Psi_n$ the set of key polynomials for $\nu$ of degree $n\in\N$. We discuss the concepts of being $\Psi_n$-stable and $(\Psi_n,Q)$-fixed. We discuss when these two concepts coincide. We use this discussion to present a simple proof of Proposition 8.2 of [5] and Theorem 1.2 of [5].