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Fel's Conjecture on Syzygies of Numerical Semigroups

Combinatorics 2026-02-04 v1 Commutative Algebra Number Theory

Abstract

Let S=d1,,dmS=\langle d_1,\dots,d_m\rangle be a numerical semigroup and k[S]k[S] its semigroup ring. The Hilbert numerator of k[S]k[S] determines normalized alternating syzygy power sums Kp(S)K_p(S) encoding alternating power sums of syzygy degrees. Fel conjectured an explicit formula for Kp(S)K_p(S), for all p0p\ge 0, in terms of the gap power sums Gr(S)=gSgrG_r(S)=\sum_{g\notin S} g^r and universal symmetric polynomials TnT_n evaluated at the generator power sums σk=idik\sigma_k=\sum_i d_i^k (and δk=(σk1)/2k\delta_k=(\sigma_k-1)/2^k). We prove Fel's conjecture via exponential generating functions and coefficient extraction, solating the universal identities for TnT_n needed for the derivation. The argument is fully formalized in Lean/Mathlib, and was produced automatically by AxiomProver from a natural-language statement of the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2602.03716,
  title  = {Fel's Conjecture on Syzygies of Numerical Semigroups},
  author = {Evan Chen and Chris Cummins and GSM and Dejan Grubisic and Leopold Haller and Letong Hong and Andranik Kurghinyan and Kenny Lau and Hugh Leather and Seewoo Lee and Aram Markosyan and Ken Ono and Manooshree Patel and Gaurang Pendharkar and Vedant Rathi and Alex Schneidman and Volker Seeker and Shubho Sengupta and Ishan Sinha and Jimmy Xin and Jujian Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.03716},
  year   = {2026}
}