Exponential growth of Betti numbers (Q5906879)

Let \(R\) be a commutative noetherian ring with the maximal ideal \(\mathfrak m\) and the residue field \(k\). The main result (theorem 1) states that if \(M\) is a finitely generated \(R\)-module and \(R\) is not a complete intersection then the sequence \(\{b_n^R(M)\}_{n\geq 0}\) of Betti numbers of the \(R\)-module \(M\) is either eventually constant or has termwise exponential growth provided one of the following conditions is satisfied: (a) \(R\) is a Cohen-Macaulay ring of \(\text{mult}(R) \leq 8\), (b) \(R\) is a Gorenstein ring of \(\text{mult}(R) \leq 11\), (c) \(R\) is a Golod ring, (d) \(\mathfrak m^3 = 0\) and \(\{b_n^R(k)\}_{n\geq 0}\) has termwise exponential growth.