The Hilbert coefficient bounds conjecture

Let NN be a finitely generated graded Cohen–Macaulay SS-module of codimension ss generated in degree 00, with minimal and maximal shifts mim_i and MiM_i in homological degree ii, and let hi(d1,,ds)h_i(d_1,\ldots,d_s) be defined by

hi(d1,,ds)=1j1j2jisk=1i(djk(jk+k1)).h_i(d_1,\ldots,d_s)=\sum_{1\leq j_1\leq j_2\cdots\leq j_i\leq s}\prod_{k=1}^i(d_{j_k}-(j_k+k-1)).

Hilbert coefficient bounds conjecture. For i=0,1,,nsi=0,1,\ldots,n-s,

β0m1m2ms(s+i)!hi(m1,,ms)ei(N)β0M1M2Ms(s+i)!hi(M1,,Ms).\beta_0\frac{m_1m_2\cdots m_s}{(s+i)!}h_i(m_1,\ldots,m_s)\leq e_i(N)\leq\beta_0\frac{M_1M_2\cdots M_s}{(s+i)!}h_i(M_1,\ldots,M_s).

This is an analogue of the multiplicity conjecture for the higher Hilbert coefficients, extending the known formula for modules with pure resolutions. The source does not state whether these inequalities have been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Juergen Herzog and Xinxian Zheng, “Bounds for Hilbert coefficients”, arXiv:0706.0400 (2007).

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