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Bounds on the Number of Generators of Prime Ideals

Commutative Algebra and its Interaction with Algebraic Geometry (Notre Dame) May 22, 2023 - June 02, 2023

May 24, 2023 (02:30 PM PDT - 03:30 PM PDT)
Speaker(s): Giulio Caviglia
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Bounds On The Number Of Generators Of Prime Ideals

Abstract

Let S be a polynomial ring over any field k, and let P in S be a non-degenerate homogeneous prime ideal of height h. When k is algebraically closed, a classical result attributed to Castelnuovo establishes an upper bound on the number of linearly independent quadric contained in P which only depends on h. We significantly extend this result by proving that the number of minimal generators of P in any degree j can be bounded above by an explicit function that only depends on j and h. In addition to providing a bound for generators in any degree j, not just for quadrics, our techniques allow us to drop the assumption that k is algebraically closed. By means of standard techniques, we also obtain analogous upper bounds on higher graded Betti numbers of any radical ideal.

This is a joint work with Alessandro De Stefani.

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