Torsion of the differential module of singularities of curves with maximal Hilbert function (Q1116988)
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Torsion of the differential module of singularities of curves with maximal Hilbert function (English)
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1989
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Let \(R=k[[ X_ 1,\ldots,X_ n]]/\mathfrak a\) be a one-dimensional local analytic ring over a perfect field \(k\). It is still, in the general case, an open question whether torsionfreeness of the universally finite differential module \(D(\frac{R}{k})\) implies regularity of \(R\). The author shows that this is so if \(R\) has maximal Hilbert function. In the proof he develops a formula for the drop of the length of this torsion when going from \(R\) to its first quadratic transform \(R_ 1\). From this it follows that this drop is positive if \(R\) is not regular so that the torsion of \(D(\frac{R}{k})\) must be nonzero. The main step of the proof consists in a computation of the relations in \(R_ 1\) from the relations in \(R\), where the maximality of the Hilbert function plays a decisive role.
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curve singularity
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torsionfreeness of the universally finite differential module
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maximal Hilbert function
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