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Hypersurfaces of bounded Cohen--Macaulay type

Commutative Algebra 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let R = k[[x_0,...,x_d]]/(f), where k is a field and f is a non-zero non-unit of the formal power series ring k[[x_0,...,x_d]]. We investigate the question of which rings of this form have bounded Cohen--Macaulay type, that is, have a bound on the multiplicities of the indecomposable maximal Cohen--Macaulay modules. As with finite Cohen--Macaulay type, if the characteristic is different from two, the question reduces to the one-dimensional case: The ring R has bounded Cohen--Macaulay type if and only if R is isomorphic to k[[x_0,...,x_d]]/(g+x_2^2+...+x_d^2), where g is an element of k[[x_0,x_1]] and k[[x_0,x_1]]/(g) has bounded Cohen--Macaulay type. We determine which rings of the form k[[x_0,x_1]]/(g) have bounded Cohen--Macaulay type.

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@article{arxiv.math/0208083,
  title  = {Hypersurfaces of bounded Cohen--Macaulay type},
  author = {Graham J. Leuschke and Roger Wiegand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0208083},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 pages, referee's suggestions and corrections

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