Characteristic-independence of Betti numbers of graph ideals

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DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2005.04.005zbMATH Open1102.13024arXivmath/0408016OpenAlexW1992807466MaRDI QIDQ2368652FDOQ2368652


Authors: Mordechai Katzman Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 April 2006

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study the Betti numbers of Stanley-Reisner ideals generated in degree 2. We show that the first six Betti numbers do not depend on the characteristic of the ground field. We also show that, if the number of variables n is at most 10, all Betti numbers are independent of the ground field. For n=11, there exists precisely 4 examples in which the Betti numbers depend on the ground field. This is equivalent to the statement that the homology of flag complexes with at most 10 vertices is torsion free and that there exists precisely 4 non-isomorphic flag complexes with 11 vertices whose homology has torsion. In each of the 4 examples mentioned above the 8th Betti numbers depend on the ground field and so we conclude that the highest Betti number which is always independent of the ground field is either 6 or 7; if the former is true then we show that there must exist a graph with 12 vertices whose 7th Betti number depends on the ground field.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0408016




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