Splittings of toric ideals

Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra (05E40) Syzygies, resolutions, complexes and commutative rings (13D02) Gröbner bases; other bases for ideals and modules (e.g., Janet and border bases) (13P10) Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25)

Abstract: Let

I s u b s e t e q R = m a t h b b K [x_{1}, l d o t s, x_{n}]

be a toric ideal, i.e., a binomial prime ideal. We investigate when the ideal

I

can be "split" into the sum of two smaller toric ideals. For a general toric ideal

I

, we give a sufficient condition for this splitting in terms of the integer matrix that defines

I

. When

I = I_{G}

is the toric ideal of a finite simple graph

G

, we give additional splittings of

I_{G}

related to subgraphs of

G

. When there exists a splitting

I = I_{1} + I_{2}

of the toric ideal, we show that in some cases we can describe the (multi-)graded Betti numbers of

I

in terms of the (multi-)graded Betti numbers of

I_{1}

and

I_{2}

.

Review text

Let \(S=K[x_1,\dots,x_n]\) be a polynomial ring with coefficients in a field \(K\). In combinatorial commutative algebra, the graded Betti numbers of a graded \(S\)-module, are probably the most important algebraic invariants. To compute or bound the Betti numbers of a monomial ideal \(I\subseteq S\), one can consider a splitting, that is a decomposition \(I=I_1+I_2\), where \(I_1,I_2\) are monomial ideals. This approach was used successfully by \textit{C. A. Francisco} et al. [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 137, No. 10, 3271--3282 (2009; Zbl 1180.13018)]. Inspired by this work, the authors of the paper consider splittings of toric ideals. A toric ideal \(I\) is a binomial prime ideal of \(S\). \(I\) is in fact a binomial edge ideal of a suitable finite simple graph \(G\) on the vertex set \([n]=\{1,\dots,n\}\). Under suitable hypothesis they show that in many good cases the graded Betti numbers of the toric ideal \(I\) can be computed by knowing the graded Betti numbers of suitable induced subgraphs of \(G\). Finally, they discuss some future directions of research related to this topic.

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