Note on bounds for multiplicities

Tim Römer

MSC 2000

13H15 Multiplicity theory and related topics
13D02 Syzygies and resolutions

Abstract
Let S=K[x_1,...,x_n] be a polynomial ring and R=S/I be a graded K-algebra where I is a graded ideal in S. Herzog, Huneke and Srinivasan have conjectured that the multiplicity of R is bounded above by a function of the maximal shifts in the minimal graded free resolution of R over S. We give a proof for the bound in the case in which I is componentwise linear. For example, stable and squarefree stable ideals belong to this class of ideals. We also prove the conjecture in the case that codim(R)=2 which generalizes results of Herzog, Srinivasan and Gold.


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