Principal Borel ideals and Gotzmann ideals (Q1423807)

Let \(S\) be a polynomial ring over an infinite field \(k\) and \(I\) a homogeneous ideal. The ideal \(I\) is Gotzmann if the number of generators of \(I\) is equal to the number of generators of the lex-segment ideal with the same Hilbert function as \(I\). The general classification of Gotzmann ideals is unknown, and it is an open problem to describe which monomial ideals are Gotzmann. In this paper a special class of monomial ideals is considered, namely the principal Borel ideals. The author characterizes all principal Borel ideals with Borel generator up to degree \(4\) which are Gotzmann. A classification of principal Borel ideals which are lex-segment ideals is also given. Moreover the corresponding results are discussed in the case of square-free monomial ideals.