Residual intersections and core of modules

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Abstract: We introduce the notion of residual intersections of modules and prove their existence. We show that projective dimension one modules have Cohen-Macaulay residual intersections, namely they satisfy the relevant Artin-Nagata property. We then establish a formula for the core of orientable modules satisfying certain homological conditions, extending previous results of Corso, Polini, and Ulrich on the core of projective one modules. Finally, we provide examples of classes of modules that satisfy our assumptions.


Let \(I\) be an ideal of height \(g\) and analytic spread \(\ell\) in a Gorenstein local ring \(R\). The \textit{core} of \(I\) is the (possibly infinite) intersection of all \textit{minimal reductions} of \(I\). If \(R\) and \(I\) satisfies certain technical conditions, then \textit{A. Corso} et al. proved in [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 354, No. 7, 2579--2594 (2002; Zbl 1013.13001)] that the following conditions are equivalent: \begin{itemize} \item[(a)] \(\mathrm{core}(I) = (J :_R I)I = (J :_R I)J\) for every minimal reduction \(J\) of \(I\); \item[(b)] the colon ideal \((J :_R I)\) does not depend on the minimal reduction \(J\) of \(I\); \item[(c)] the reduction number of \(I\) is at most \(\ell - g + 1\). \end{itemize} The notions of core, reduction and \textit{Rees algebra} can be generalized to finitely generated modules which have \textit{ranks}. Afterwards, \textit{A. Corso} et al. extended the above result to modules of projective dimension one in [Manuscr. Math. 111, No. 4, 427--433 (2003; Zbl 1029.13013)]. In the paper under review, the authors provide another extension to the \textit{orientable modules} satisfying certain homological conditions. After proving the main result, several examples of classes of modules that satisfy the assumptions are also explained. Since the core of the ideal/module is closely related to the \textit{residual intersection}, a considerable part is devoted to study this topic.











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