On the linearity of Artin functions

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Abstract: It was proved by Elkik that, under some smoothness conditions, the Artin functions of systems of polynomials over a Henselian pair are bounded above by linear functions. This paper gives a stronger form of this result for the class of excellent Henselian local rings. The linearity of Artin functions of systems of polynomials in one variable is also studied. Explicit calculations of Artin functions of monomials and determinantal ideals are also included.


Let \((R,m)\) be an excellent Henselian local ring of dimension \(d\). It is well known that \((R,m)\) has the so called strong Artin approximation property. Let \(f=(f_1,\ldots,f_r)\) be a system of polynomials of \(R[Y]\), \(Y=(Y_1,\ldots,Y_N)\) and \(\beta:{\mathbb N}\rightarrow {\mathbb N}\) the so called Artin function. The aim of this paper is to give conditions, when \(\beta\) can be chosen to be linear. If \(R\) is reduced then this happens when \(N=1\). If \(R\) is regular (resp. DVR) explicit calculations of linear Artin functions are included in the case when \((f)\) is a monomial (resp. determinantal) ideal. Let \(H_f\) be the ideal defining the smooth locus of \(R[Y]/(f)\) over \(R\) and \(t_1,\ldots, t_{d-1}\) a part of a system of parameters of \(R\). Using Elkik's ideas, here it shows that there exists a linear function \(\beta:{\mathbb N}\rightarrow {\mathbb N}\) such that for each \(n\in {\mathbb N}\) and each \(a\in R^N\) satisfying \(f(a)\subset m^{\beta(n)}\), and \(f(a)+H_f(a)\supset (t_1,\ldots,t_{d-1})\) there is \(b\in R^N\) such that \(f(b)=0\) and \(b\equiv a\) mod \(m^nR^N\).











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