Rings with monomial relations having linear resolutions (Q1063072)
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Rings with monomial relations having linear resolutions (English)
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1985
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By a ring with monomial relations is meant an algebra with presentation \(R=k[X_ 1,...,X_ n]/(M_ 1,...,M_ r)\), where k is a field and the \(M_ i's\) are monomials in the \(X_ j's\). The algebra R has a linear resolution if all syzygies of dimension at least two in a \(k[X_ 1,...,X_ n]\)-resolution of R are linear. This note gives a necessary and sufficient condition for a ring with monomial relations to have a linear resolution. (It is shown that this depends on the characteristic of k.) The crucial points are a reduction to the case of rings with squarefree monomial relations, and then a connection between the homology of the Koszul complex for such a ring and the homology for some associated simplicial complexes. This connection also gives some results of combinatorial nature for simplicial complexes. It also yields a precise condition for the ring to be Cohen-Macaulay.
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homology of simplicial complex
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face ring
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ring with monomial relations
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syzygies
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linear resolution
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Koszul complex
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Cohen-Macaulay
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