Alon's nullstellensatz for multisets

DOI10.1007/S00493-012-2758-0MaRDI QIDQ377804zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Géza Kós, Lajos Rónyai

Publication date 7 November 2013

Published in Combinatorica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2901

zbMATH Keywords

combinatorial nullstellensatzmultisets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra (05E40) Polynomials in real and complex fields: location of zeros (algebraic theorems) (12D10)

Abstract: Alon's combinatorial Nullstellensatz (Theorem 1.1 from cite{Alon1}) is one of the most powerful algebraic tools in combinatorics, with a diverse array of applications. Let $F$ be a field, $S_1,S_2,\mathrm{...},S_n$ be finite nonempty subsets of $F$. Alon's theorem is a specialized, precise version of the Hilbertsche Nullstellensatz for the ideal of all polynomial functions vanishing on the set $S=S_{1}imes{S}_{2}imes\mathrm{...}imes{S}_{n}subseteq{F}^n$. From this Alon deduces a simple and amazingly widely applicable nonvanishing criterion (Theorem 1.2 in cite{Alon1}). It provides a sufficient condition for a polynomial $f(x_1,\mathrm{...},x_n)$ which guarantees that $f$ is not identically zero on the set $S$. In this paper we extend these two results from sets of points to multisets. We give two different proofs of the generalized nonvanishing theorem. We extend some of the known applications of the original nonvanishing theorem to a setting allowing multiplicities, including the theorem of Alon and F"uredi on the hyperplane coverings of discrete cubes.

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