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Resolutions of facet ideals

Commutative Algebra 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we study the resolution of a facet ideal associated with a special class of simplicial complexes introduced by S. Faridi. These simplicial complexes are called trees, and are a generalization (to higher dimensions) of the concept of a tree in graph theory. We show that the Koszul homology of the facet ideal I of a tree is generated by the homology classes of monomial cycles, determine the projective dimension and the regularity of I if the tree is 1-dimensional, show that the graded Betti numbers of I satisfy an alternating sum property if the tree is connected in codimension 1, and classify all trees whose facet ideal has a linear resolution.

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@article{arxiv.math/0307241,
  title  = {Resolutions of facet ideals},
  author = {Xinxian Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0307241},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages

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