The height of binomial ideals and toric K-algebras with isolated singularity

Abstract: We give an upper bound for the height of an arbitrary binomial ideal

I

in terms of the dimension of a vector space spanned by integer vectors corresponding to a set of binomial generators of

I

. When

I

is an unmixed binomial ideal, this dimension is precisely the height of

I

. Applying this result to the ideal of inner

2

-minors

I_{P} c

of a finite set of cells

P c

, one gets a nice interpretation for

h e i g h t I_{P} c

for an unmixed ideal

I_{P} c

, in terms of the number of cells of

P c

. Moreover, we study some families of toric

K

-algebras such as Hibi rings and toric rings defined by inner

2

-minors to determine when they have isolated singularity.

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