Huneke–Srinivasan multiplicity conjecture

Let R=k[x0,,xn]R=k[x_0,\dots,x_n], and let JRJ\subset R be a homogeneous ideal of codimension cc such that R/JR/J is Cohen–Macaulay. Let e(R/J)e(R/J) denote the multiplicity of R/JR/J. For the minimal graded free resolution of R/JR/J, let mim_i be the minimal degree of a syzygy at step ii, and let MiM_i be the corresponding maximum.

Huneke–Srinivasan multiplicity conjecture. One has

1c!i=1cmie(R/J)1c!i=1cMi.\frac{1}{c!}\prod_{i=1}^c m_i\le e(R/J)\le\frac{1}{c!}\prod_{i=1}^c M_i.

This conjecture concerns sharp multiplicity bounds in terms of the degree shifts in a Cohen–Macaulay graded resolution. The supplied context says it is known in a number of special cases but remains open in general, even for monomial ideals in codimension three and above.

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Primary source

Christopher Francisco, “Resolutions of small sets of fat points”, arXiv:math/0411020 (2005).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2003–2004). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0311020.

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