Graded Betti numbers of some embedded rational \(n\)-folds (Q1345929)

In this paper, we study various projective embeddings of \(\mathbb{P}^ n\) blown up at a finite set of distinct points. The very ample linear systems defining the embedding are identified as graded pieces of ideals of schemes of ``fat'' points based on the points blown up. We give general conditions which imply that these embedded \(n\)-folds are projectively Cohen-Macaulay, and we also examine some of the individual Betti numbers in the minimal graded free resolution of their coordinate ring. In some specific cases, when \(n=2\), we are able to describe the whole minimal graded free resolution of the coordinate ring of the embedded rational surface. We give some applications of the results to problems about algebraic curves.