Maximal Cohen-Macaulay tensor products (Q2663143)

Let \((R, \mathfrak m)\) be a commutative Noetherian local ring, and \(M\), \(N\) be two finitely generated \(R\)-modules. In the paper under review, the authors investigate the following question: Let \(R\) be a local complete intersection domain. If \(M\otimes_RN\) is maximal Cohen-Macaulay, then must \(M\) or \(N\) be maximal Cohen-Macaulay? Note that the answer is `yes', whenever \(R\) is an isolated singularity with \(\operatorname{codim}(R)\leq1\); see [\textit{M. Auslander}, Ill. J. Math. 5, 631--647 (1961; Zbl 0104.26202); \textit{C. Huneke} and \textit{R. Wiegand}, Math. Ann. 299(3), 449--476 (1994; Zbl 0803.13008)]. Let \(R\) be a local complete intersection domain with \(\dim(R)>\operatorname{codim}(R)\). Let \(R\) be an isolated singularity. The main result of the present paper says that, if \(M\otimes_RN\) is maximal Cohen-Macaulay, then \(M\) is maximal Cohen-Macaulay if and only if \(N\) is maximal Cohen-Macaulay.