Determinantal facet ideals for smaller minors

Abstract: A determinantal facet ideal (DFI) is generated by a subset of the maximal minors of a generic

n i m e s m

matrix where

n l e q m

indexed by the facets of a simplicial complex

D e l t a

. We consider the more general notion of an

r

-DFI, which is generated by a subset of

r

-minors of a generic matrix indexed by the facets of

D e l t a

for some

1 l e q r l e q n

. We define and study so-called lcm-closed and unit interval

r

-DFIs, and show that the minors parametrized by the facets of

D e l t a

form a reduced Gr"obner basis with respect to emph{any} term order for an lcm-closed

r

-DFI. We also see that being lcm-closed generalizes conditions previously introduced in the literature, and conjecture that in the case

r = n

, lcm-closedness is necessary for being a Gr"obner basis. We also give conditions on the maximal cliques of

D e l t a

ensuring that lcm-closed and unit interval

r

-DFIs are Cohen-Macaulay. Finally, we conclude with a variant of a conjecture of Ene, Herzog, and Hibi on the Betti numbers of certain types of

r

-DFIs, and provide a proof of this conjecture for Cohen-Macaulay unit interval DFIs.

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