Bounds on depth of tensor products of modules (Q2254326)

Let \(R\) be a regular local ring, \(M\) and \(N\) be two finitely generated \(R\)-modules such that \(\mathrm{Tor}^R_i(M,N)=0\) for all \(i>0\). Call this vanishing property by ``Tor-independent''. By a famous result of \textit{M. Auslander} [Ill. J. Math. 5, 631--647 (1961; Zbl 0104.26202)] there is a formula called ``depth formula'': \(\mathrm{depth}(M\otimes N)=\mathrm{depth}((M)+\mathrm{depth}((N)-\mathrm{depth}((R)\). The depth formula extends to local complete intersection rings by the work of \textit{C. Huneke} and \textit{R. Wiegand} [Math. Ann. 299, No. 3, 449--476 (1994; Zbl 0803.13008)]. The paper deals with the following question: Let \(R\) be a local complete intersection ring of codimension \(c\). Assume \(M\otimes N\) is a \((c + 1)\)-syzygy of some finitely generated \(R\)-module. Under what conditions is \(M\) and \( N\) Tor-independent. There are several related results to this question. Let us recall a corollary of the paper under review: Corollary. Let \(R\) be a hypersurface ring with an isolated singularity and let \(M\) and \(N\) be nonfree maximal Cohen-Macaulay \(R\)-modules. Then \(\mathrm{depth}(M \otimes_R N)\leq 1\). Also, the authors present a generalization of [\textit{D. A. Jorgensen}, J. Algebra 211, No. 2, 578--598 (1999; Zbl 0926.13007)]. This determines a number of consecutive vanishing of \(\mathrm{Tor}^R_i (M, N)\) that guaranties the higher vanishing of \(\mathrm{Tor}^R_i(M, N)\).