Ideals containing the squares of the variables (Q2474320)

Let \(S=K[x_1,\dots,x_n]\) be a polynomial ring over a field \(K\), let \(I\) be a squarefree ideal and let \(P=(x_1^2,\ldots,x_n^2)\). It is well known that there exists a squarefree lex-segment ideal \(L\) such that \(L+P\) has the same Hilbert function as \(I+P\). The ideal \(L+P\) is called lex-plus-squares. In this paper the authors study the graded Betti numbers of \(I+L\). First they provide a relation between the Betti numbers of \(I\) and those of \(I+P\). Then they prove that the Betti numbers of \(L+P\) are greater than or equal to those of \(I+P\). This gives a positive answer to the lex-plus-powers conjecture for this class of ideals.