The generator conjecture for regular local rings

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Let AA be a commutative noetherian ring with unit and let 0≤p≤dim⁡A0\leq p\leq\dim A. Denote by M⁡Ap\operatorname{\mathcal{M}}^p_A the category of finitely generated AA-modules whose support has codimension at least pp. A sequence f1,…,fqf_1,\ldots,f_q in AA is an AA-regular sequence if every fif_i is a nonunit, f1f_1 is not a zero divisor of AA, and fi+1f_{i+1} is not a zero divisor of A/(f1,…,fi)A/(f_1,\ldots,f_i) for 1≤i≤q−11\leq i\leq q-1. Generator conjecture. For any commutative regular local ring AA and any natural number 0≤p≤dim⁡A0\leq p\leq\dim A, the Grothendieck group K0(M⁡Ap)K_0(\operatorname{\mathcal{M}}^p_A) is generated by the cyclic modules A/(f1,…,fp)A/(f_1,\ldots,f_p) where f1,…,fpf_1,\ldots,f_p is an AA-regular sequence. This is a central problem in commutative algebra and algebraic KK-theory, with connections to Serre's intersection multiplicity conjecture; the source provides no resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Satoshi Mochizuki, “Higher K-theory of Koszul cubes”, arXiv:1303.1239 (2013).

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