On the structure of monomial complete intersections in positive characteristic

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Abstract: In this paper we study the Lefschetz properties of monomial complete intersections in positive characteristic. We give a complete classification of the strong Lefschetz property when the number of variables is at least three, which proves a conjecture by Cook II. We also extend earlier results on the weak Lefschetz property by dropping the assumption on the residue field being infinite, and by giving new sufficient criteria.


Let $k$ be a field and let $A = k[x_1,\dots,x_n]/(x_1^{d_1},\dots,x_n^{d_n})$ with the usual grading. We say that $A$ has the weak Lefschetz property (WLP) if there is a linear form $L$ for which $\times L : [A]_t \rightarrow [A]_{t+1}$ has maximal rank for all $t$, and we say that $A$ has the strong Lefschetz property (SLP) if there is an $L$ for which $\times L^d : [A]_t \rightarrow [A]_{t+d}$ has maximal rank for all $t$ and all $d$. Of course SLP implies WLP. When $k$ has characteristic zero, Stanley proved that $A$ has SLP. When $k$ has positive characteristic $p$, $A$ does not necessarily have SLP, or even WLP. The main result of this paper is a complete classification of when $A$ has SLP, for $n \geq 3$, proving a conjecture of \textit{D. Cook II} [J. Algebra 369, 42--58 (2012; Zbl 1271.13010)]. In fact, they show the following. Assume $n \geq 3$ and $d_i \geq 2$ for all $i$. Without loss of generality set $d_1 = \max \{ d_1,\dots,d_n \}$. Write $d_1 = N_1 p + r_1$ with $0 < r_1 \leq p$. Then $A$ has SLP if and only if one of the following two conditions holds: (a) $\sum_{i=1}^n (d_i-1) < p$; (b) $d_1 > p$, $d_i \leq p$ for $i = 2,\dots,n$ and $\sum_{i=2}^n (d_i-1) \leq \min \{ r_1, p-r_1 \}$. The authors also give some results for WLP for such algebras, although not a complete classification.




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