Herzog's Betti-number inequality for symmetric and exterior shifting

Let Γ\Gamma be a simplicial complex, let Δ(Γ)\Delta(\Gamma) and Δe(Γ)\Delta^e(\Gamma) denote its symmetric and exterior algebraic shifts, and let IΔ(Γ)I_{\Delta(\Gamma)} and IΔe(Γ)I_{\Delta^e(\Gamma)} be their Stanley–Reisner ideals. Herzog's conjecture. For every simplicial complex Γ\Gamma,

βi,j(IΔ(Γ))βi,j(IΔe(Γ)).\beta_{i,j}(I_{\Delta(\Gamma)})\leq \beta_{i,j}(I_{\Delta^e(\Gamma)}).

This conjecture concerns the relationship between general graded Betti numbers under symmetric and exterior algebraic shifting; the source gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Eric Babson, Isabella Novik and Rekha Thomas, “Symmetric iterated Betti numbers”, arXiv:math/0206063 (2002).

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