Arithmetic and geometric degrees of graded modules (Q4938515)

The purpose of this paper is to provide a down-to-earth introduction to some degree theory of graded modules and projective schemes. Let \(S\) be the polynomial ring \(k[x_0,\cdots,x_n]\) over the field \(k\), and let \(M\) be a finitely generated graded \(S\)-module. The authors give the definition of the degrees for graded modules and study the behaviour of the degrees under flat deformation, the behaviour of the arithmetic degree after hypersurface sections, the behaviour of the associated primes under hypersurface sections in order to obtain Bertini--type theorem for the associated primes including the embedded primary components and the upper bounds on the arithmetic and geometric degrees of a homogeneous ideal \(I\) of \(S\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0921.00043].