A note on multiplicity of perfect modules of codimension one (Q4351699)

Let \(A\) be a commutative Noetherian local ring with unique maximal ideal \({\mathfrak m}\) such that the residue field \(k=A/ {\mathfrak m}\) is infinite. Let \(M\) be a finite \(A\)-module. The multiplicity of \(M\) relative to any parameter ideal \({\mathfrak q}\) such that \({\mathfrak m}^n M= {\mathfrak q} {\mathfrak m}^{n-1}M\), for some positive integer \(n\), is the same and is denoted by \(e(M)\). It is proved that if \(A\) is Cohen-Macaulay, \(M\) a perfect \(A\)-module of codimension 1 and \(N\) a maximal Buchsbaum \(A\)-module of positive depth then \(M \otimes_A N\) is a Buchsbaum \(A\)-module and \(d(M \otimes N) \geq\mu (M) \cdot e(N)\), where \(\mu(M)\) denotes the minimal number of generators of \(M\), and, in particular, that \(e(M)\geq \mu(M) \cdot e(A)\).