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On complete d-sequences and the defining ideals of Rees algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Sam Huckaba
Sam Huckaba
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Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-3027, U.S.A.
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Abstract

If R is a Noetherian local ring and I = (x1, …, xn)R is an ideal of R then the Rees algebra R[It] can be represented as a homomorphic image of the polynomial ring R[Z1, …, Zn]. The kernel is a homogeneous ideal, and the smallest of the degree bounds among all generating sets, called the relation type of I, is independent of the representation. We derive formulae connecting the relation type of I with the reduction number of I when the analytic spread of I exceeds height(I) by one. In the process we define complete d-sequences with respect to I and use them to help achieve our results. In addition some results on the behaviour of the relation type modulo an element are proved, and examples where the relation type is explicitly computed are presented.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , November 1989 , pp. 445 - 458
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1989

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