Betti diagrams from graphs
Abstract
The emergence of Boij-S\"oderberg theory has given rise to new connections between combinatorics and commutative algebra. Herzog, Sharifan, and Varbaro recently showed that every Betti diagram of an ideal with a k-linear minimal resolution arises from that of the Stanley-Reisner ideal of a simplicial complex. In this paper, we extend their result for the special case of 2-linear resolutions using purely combinatorial methods. Specifically, we show bijective correspondences between Betti diagrams of ideals with 2-linear resolutions, threshold graphs, and anti-lecture hall compositions. Moreover, we prove that any Betti diagram of a module with a 2-linear resolution is realized by a direct sum of Stanley-Reisner rings associated to threshold graphs. Our key observation is that these objects are the lattice points in a normal reflexive lattice polytope.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1210.8069,
title = {Betti diagrams from graphs},
author = {Alexander Engström and Matthew T. Stamps},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.8069},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
To appear in Algebra and Number Theory, 15 pages, 7 figures