Unimodality conjecture for Betti tables of powers

Let IRI\subseteq R be an equigenerated homogeneous ideal generated in degree rr. For each pair of indices (i,j)(i,j), consider the graded Betti numbers βi,j+dr(Id)\beta_{i,j+dr}(I^d) as dd varies. Unimodality conjecture. There exist integers 1D1D21\leq D_1\leq D_2\leq\infty such that

βi,j+dr(Id)0\beta_{i,j+dr}(I^d)\neq 0

for every dd with D1dD2D_1\leq d\leq D_2, while

βi,j+dr(Id)=0\beta_{i,j+dr}(I^d)=0

for every d<D1d<D_1 or D2<dD_2<d. This proposes that, for each Betti-diagram position, nonvanishing occurs on a single interval of powers. The claim is presented as a general pattern for powers of equigenerated homogeneous ideals; no proof or resolution is supplied in the source, so it remains open.

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Gwyneth Whieldon, “Stabilization of Betti Tables”, arXiv:1106.2355 (2011).

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