Connected sums of graded Artinian Gorenstein algebras and Lefschetz properties (Q1979317): Difference between revisions

Let \(A\) and \(B\) be graded Artinian Gorenstein (AG) algebras with the same socle degree, \(d\). Let \(T\) be an AG algebra of socle degree \(k<d\). Suppose that there are surjective maps \(\pi_A : A \rightarrow T\) and \(\pi_B: B \rightarrow T\). The connected sum algebra \(A \#_T B\) is a certain quotient of the fibered product \(A \times_T B\). The connected sum of two AG algebras is again an AG algebra. In this paper the authors first give two alternative descriptions of this construction, including a careful study of how it relates to Macaulay-Matlis duality. They also show that if \(A\) and \(B\) are graded AG algebras satisfying the strong Lefschetz property (SLP) then over \(T = \mathbb F\) (the ground field), the connected sum also has the SLP. This is not true for a general choice of \(T\). However, they also show that connected sums do retain the WLP to some extent.