Herzog–Srinivasan periodicity conjecture for monomial-curve Betti numbers

Let KK be a field, let a=(a1<<an){\mathbf a}=(a_1<\cdots<a_n) be a sequence of positive integers, and let I(a+j)I({\mathbf a}+j) be the defining ideal of the affine monomial curve parametrized by t(ta1+j,,tan+j)t\mapsto(t^{a_1+j},\ldots,t^{a_n+j}). For each finitely generated K[x1,,xn]K[x_1,\ldots,x_n]-module MM, write βi(M)=dimKToriK[x1,,xn](M,K)\beta_i(M)=\dim_K\operatorname{Tor}_i^{K[x_1,\ldots,x_n]}(M,K) for its ii-th total Betti number. Herzog–Srinivasan conjecture. The Betti numbers of I(a+j)I({\mathbf a}+j) are eventually periodic in jj with period ana1a_n-a_1. The paper's abstract states that this conjecture is proved, so the eventual periodicity claim is now a theorem rather than an open conjecture.

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Thanh Vu, “Periodicity of betti numbers of monomial curves”, arXiv:1304.1659 (2013).

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2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2013). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1108.3203.

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