Non-flatness conjecture for rings of integer-valued polynomials

Let DD be an integral domain, and let Int(D)\operatorname{Int}(D) denote its ring of integer-valued polynomials. Consider the two local domains

D=F2[[T2,T3]]D=\mathbb F_2[[T^2,T^3]]

or

D=F2+TF4[[T]].D=\mathbb F_2+T\mathbb F_4[[T]].

Non-flatness conjecture. The domain Int(D)\operatorname{Int}(D) is not flat over DD for either of these choices of DD; in particular, there exists a local, Noetherian, one-dimensional, analytically irreducible integral domain DD such that Int(D)\operatorname{Int}(D) is not flat over DD.

The conjecture would provide examples showing that rings of integer-valued polynomials need not be flat, complementing the source's discussion of cases where Int(D)\operatorname{Int}(D) is locally free and flat. The supplied source gives no resolution evidence.

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Primary source

Jesse Elliott, “Birings and plethories of integer-valued polynomials”, arXiv:1109.3848 (2014).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1105.0142.

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