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An elementary proof of Grothendieck's Non-vanishing Theorem

Commutative Algebra 2008-06-18 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We give an elementary proof of Grothendieck's non-vanishing Theorem: For a finitely generated non-zero module MM over a Noetherian local ring AA with maximal ideal \m\m, the local cohomology module H\mdimM(M)H^{\dim M}_{\m}(M) is non-zero.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5863,
  title  = {An elementary proof of Grothendieck's Non-vanishing Theorem},
  author = {Tony J. Puthenpurakal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5863},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Title & abstract changed, some minor changes in the main body of the paper, 3 pages, To appear in Communications in Algebra