Connected sums of graded Artinian Gorenstein algebras and Lefschetz properties (Q1979317)

Let \(A\) and \(B\) be graded Artinian Gorenstein (AG) algebras with the same socle degree, \(d\). Let \(T\) be an AG algebra of socle degree \(k<d\). Suppose that there are surjective maps \(\pi_A : A \rightarrow T\) and \(\pi_B: B \rightarrow T\). The connected sum algebra \(A \#_T B\) is a certain quotient of the fibered product \(A \times_T B\). The connected sum of two AG algebras is again an AG algebra. In this paper the authors first give two alternative descriptions of this construction, including a careful study of how it relates to Macaulay-Matlis duality. They also show that if \(A\) and \(B\) are graded AG algebras satisfying the strong Lefschetz property (SLP) then over \(T = \mathbb F\) (the ground field), the connected sum also has the SLP. This is not true for a general choice of \(T\). However, they also show that connected sums do retain the WLP to some extent.