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Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity and $F$-signature can disagree

Commutative Algebra 2025-08-28 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We compute the FF-signature function of the ample cone of any nontrivial ruled surface over Pk1\mathbb{P}^1_k where kk is an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic. As an application, we construct a Noetherian FF-finite strongly FF-regular ring RR of prime characteristic admitting two maximal ideals n1,n2SpecR\mathfrak{n}_1,\mathfrak{n}_2\in \mathrm{Spec} R at which the Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity and FF-signature measure different singularities; that is, eHK(Rn1)<eHK(Rn2)\operatorname{e}_{\operatorname{HK}}(R_{\mathfrak{n}_1})<\operatorname{e}_{\operatorname{HK}}(R_{\mathfrak{n}_2}) and s(Rn1)<s(Rn2)s(R_{\mathfrak{n}_1})<s(R_{\mathfrak{n}_2}). Our calculation of the FF-signature for the Hirzebruch surfaces also corrects an inaccuracy in a preprint by different authors.

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@article{arxiv.2508.19985,
  title  = {Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity and $F$-signature can disagree},
  author = {Seungsu Lee and Suchitra Pande and Austyn Simpson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.19985},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages, 10 figures, comments welcome