Betti numbers of multigraded modules of generic type

Abstract: Let

R = B b b k [x_{1}, ..., x_{m}]

be the polynomial ring over a field

B b b k

with the standard

m a t h b b Z^{m}

-grading (multigrading), let

L

be a Noetherian multigraded

R

-module, let

the

i

th (multigraded) Betti number of

L

of multidegree

a

. We introduce the notion of a generic (relative to

L

) multidegree, and the notion of multigraded module of generic type. When the multidegree

a

is generic (relative to

L

) we provide a Hochster-type formula for

as the dimension of the reduced homology of a certain simplicial complex associated with

L

. This allows us to show that there is precisely one homological degree

i g e 1

in which

is non-zero and in this homological degree the Betti number is the

-invariant of a certain minor of a matroid associated to

L

. In particular, this provides a precise combinatorial description of all multigraded Betti numbers of

L

when it is a multigraded module of generic type.

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