Hilbert functions on Cohen-Macaulay ideals with assigned generators' degrees (Q2504918)

Summary: We give information on the Hilbert function of a Cohen-Macaulay ideal \(I\) of the polynomial ring \(R=k[x_0, x_1,\dots , x_r]\) which is minimally generated by \(t\) forms of degrees \(d_1,\dots,d_t\). Mainly we deal with the codimension two case in which we show that the Dubreil bound \(t\leq d_1+1\) is a necessary and sufficient condition to have such an ideal and we give a sharp upper bound and lower bound for the Hilbert function. In codimension greater than two we give a characterization for having such an ideal and in codimension 3 we find an Hilbert function which is maximal for these ideals with \(d_1=\dots d_t=a\) and we produce a scheme which realizes such a Hilbert function.