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Obstructions to curvature of modules over Cohen-Macaulay rings

Commutative Algebra 2025-11-21 v1

Abstract

Let (A,m)(A,\mathfrak{m}) be a Cohen-Macaulay local ring with residue field kk. If MM is a finitely generated AA-module then set curv(M)=lim supnβnA(M)n\text{curv}(M) = \limsup_n\sqrt[n]{\beta_n^A(M)}. We show that under mild hypotheses the existence of a single module MM with 1curv(M)<curv(k)1 \leq \text{curv}(M) < \text{curv}(k) imposes obstructions to both curv(k)\text{curv}(k) and curv(M)\text{curv}(M). Similarly we show that the condition TornA(M,N)=0\text{Tor}^A_n(M, N) = 0 for n0n \gg 0 imposes constraints on both curv(M)\text{curv}(M) and curv(N)\text{curv}(N).

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@article{arxiv.2511.16109,
  title  = {Obstructions to curvature of modules over Cohen-Macaulay rings},
  author = {Tony J. Puthenpurakal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.16109},
  year   = {2025}
}

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