Indices of normalization of ideals (Q2421330)

Let \(R\) be a Noetherian ring and let \(I\) be an ideal. The normalization of \(I\) is the integral closure \(\overline{A}\) in \(R[t]\) of the Rees algebra \(A=R[It]\) of \(I\). In this paper under review, the authors derive numerical estimates controlling the intertwined properties of the normalization of an ideal and of the computational complexity of general processes for its construction. In particularly, this paper is a sequel to [Math. Res. Lett. 12, No. 5--6, 827--842 (2005; Zbl 1105.13005)]. They introduce complementary notions and use them to address some of the same goals for more general ideals, but also show how known initial knowledge about the normalization allows us to give fairly detailed descriptions of \(\overline{A}\), particularly those affecting the distribution of its generators.