On Algebraic Integrability of Vector Fields with Rational Function Coefficients that Separate Variables

Abstract

We work over a field of characteristic zero - primarily over an algebraic closure of the field of rational numbers. We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a vector field whose coefficients are rational functions separating variables to be algebraically integrable, that is, the subring of rational functions killed by this vector field, its ring of first integrals, is of maximal possible dimension. We do it arithmetically by reducing the vector field modulo almost all primes. In particular, we verify the generalized Grothendieck--Katz p-curvature conjecture for foliations defined by these vector fields. Finally, we use the outcome of that verification to provide explicit formulas for coefficients of all algebraically integrable vector fields separating variables, and their first integrals.